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Nov 1, 2017 · Backend Development

Migrating Python 2.6 socket.inet_aton MD5 Code to Python 3.4: Handling Bytes and Encoding

This article documents the step‑by‑step conversion of a Python 2.6 script that uses socket.inet_aton() and MD5 hashing to Python 3.4, explaining the differences in return types, required byte‑string handling, and the final optimized solution.