Issue 29886: links between binascii.{un,}hexlify / bytes.{,to}hex

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Title:	links between binascii.{un,}hexlify / bytes.{,to}hex
Type:	enhancement	Stage:	resolved
Components:	Documentation	Versions:	Python 3.7

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Status:	closed	Resolution:	fixed
Dependencies:		Superseder:
Assigned To:	docs@python	Nosy List:	chrysn, docs@python, rhettinger
Priority:	normal	Keywords:

Created on 2017-03-23 15:14 by chrysn, last changed 2022-04-11 14:58 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (2)
msg290050 - (view)	Author: chrysn (chrysn) *	Date: 2017-03-23 15:14
The function binascii.{un,}hexlify and bytes.{,to}hex do almost the same things (plus/minus details of whether they accept whitespace, and whether the hex-encoded data is accepted/returned as strings or bytes). I think that it would help users to point that out in the documentation, eg. by adding a "Similar functionality is provided by the ... function." lines at the ends of the functions' documentations.
msg332419 - (view)	Author: Raymond Hettinger (rhettinger) *	Date: 2018-12-24 07:59
This is a reasonable suggestion. Will apply the patch shortly.

History
Date	User	Action	Args
2022-04-11 14:58:44	admin	set	github: 74072
2018-12-26 01:56:35	miss-islington	set	pull_requests: + pull_request10575
2018-12-26 01:56:28	miss-islington	set	pull_requests: + pull_request10574
2018-12-26 01:56:22	miss-islington	set	pull_requests: + pull_request10573
2018-12-26 01:46:37	rhettinger	set	pull_requests: + pull_request10572
2018-12-26 01:46:32	rhettinger	set	pull_requests: + pull_request10571
2018-12-26 01:46:26	rhettinger	set	pull_requests: + pull_request10570
2018-12-24 07:59:38	rhettinger	set	status: open -> closed nosy: + rhettinger messages: + msg332419 resolution: fixed stage: resolved
2017-03-23 16:20:35	python-dev	set	pull_requests: + pull_request689
2017-03-23 15:14:44	chrysn	create