Re: How to recover bytes function?

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satishmlmlml@gmail.com writes:

> file = open('data.bin', 'rb')
> bytes = file.read()

These are both terrible names, not least because they clobber the
built-in objects ‘file’ and ‘bytes’.

Don't name an object for *or not only for) its data type. Instead,
choose names that convey the *purpose* for the object.

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How to recover bytes function? satishmlmlml@gmail.com - 2014-11-13 14:32 -0800
  Re: How to recover bytes function? MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2014-11-13 23:12 +0000
  Re: How to recover bytes function? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-14 10:14 +1100
  Re: How to recover bytes function? sohcahtoa82@gmail.com - 2014-11-13 15:16 -0800
  Re: How to recover bytes function? Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-11-14 10:37 +1100
  Re: How to recover bytes function? Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au> - 2014-11-14 18:46 +1100

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