[Python-3000] Making more effective use of slice objects in Py3k (original) (raw)
Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Tue Aug 29 23:37:16 CEST 2006
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On Aug 29, 2006, at 5:01 PM, Jim Jewett wrote:
Why is it essential that string views be a different type, rather than an internal implementation detail, like long vs int? Today's strings can already return a new object or an existing one which happens to be equal.
Is this just a matter of efficiency, or are you making a fundamental distinction?
This is a good question. I haven't been following this thread in
detail, but ISTM that users shouldn't care and that the object itself
should do whatever makes the most sense for the most general
audience. I'm eager to never have to worry about 8-bit strings vs.
unicode strings, how they mix and match, and all the nasty corners
when they interact. I'd hate to trade that for the worry about
whether I have a string or a string-view.
- -Barry
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