Python 3: We have two things that are ALMOST the same, and which if we'd done it correctly, could have been converted just by changing what we're willing to cal

Python 3: We have two things that are ALMOST the same, and which if we'd done it correctly, could have been converted just by changing what we're willing to call it (in the "downgrade" direction; or also verifying if you want to achieve what I hate that Python 3 is forcing on programmers). Proposed "string like" Object: __IF__ you want to turn on debugging, sure, force it to validate assumptions at runtime/compile time. Otherwise call verify() when you're willing to handle that being some result indicating "we have a problem". Maybe the verify() call returns the byte-access-offset of the first non-conforming sequence.