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Python community famously learned the hard way that sometimes the programmer needs to know that there are multiple kinds of string. Personally, I’ve been using
by akewovtsn 1y ago
Python community famously learned the hard way that sometimes the programmer needs to know that there are multiple kinds of string.
Personally, I’ve been using to_owned instead. Some of the people looking at my code don’t write rust, and I figure it makes things a bit easier to understand.
- int_19h 1y agoModern Python has a single type of string. What used to be called "string" in Python 2 is no longer called that, precisely so as to avoid unnecessary confusion. It's called "bytes", which is why the question of "why do I have to convert it to string?" doesn't arise.