Changes between Version 39 and Version 40 of Python3


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2020-10-15T13:49:16Z (5 years ago)
Author:
itamarst
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    156156Originally we went with first approach, but plausibly second approach is better.
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     158== Serializing bytes with JSON ==
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     160In Python 2 you can serialize bytes with `json`. In Python 3 you can't. Real Soon Now there will be utility module `allmydata.util.jsonbytes` that allows encoding bytes on Python 3, to minimize changes.
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     162== Dictionaries with bytes/unicode keys ==
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     164In Python 2 a key can be bytes or unicode, and it will replace the other one. So the key `b"foo"` is the same as `u"foo"` from dict's perspective. In Python 3 they are different keys.
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     166This can lead to bugs when porting, where you end up with two keys instead of one as some strings become Unicode strings.
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     168The interim solution will likely be dicts that enforce key type to be only bytes or only Unicode (https://tahoe-lafs.org/trac/tahoe-lafs/ticket/3476#ticket).