[Python-3000] New io system and binary data (original) (raw)

Christian Heimes lists at cheimes.de
Wed Sep 19 22:28:08 CEST 2007


Guido van Rossum wrote:

You can repeat that until you're blue in the face but it's not going to change. Way more programs (especially simple ones) deal with txet than with binary data.

I have to agree with Guido. The new behavior is much better than the default in Python 2.x. It seems that I'm the first user with an use case which requires a binary stdin and stdout.

I can imagine two problems with the new way. The problems should have a documented answer and best way to deal with them:

Christian



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