[Python-Dev] Need a way to test for 8-bit-or-unicode-string (original) (raw)

M.-A. Lemburg mal@lemburg.com
Fri, 05 Oct 2001 20:21:29 +0200

"Barry A. Warsaw" wrote:

>>>>> "M" == M <mal@lemburg.com> writes: M> Are you sure about the -1 ? Using abstract base classes seems M> like a natural thing to do in an OO-language like Python while M> the isinstance() hack would not allow you to use your own M> UserList subclass for code which was written with sequences as M> input. Yes, I'm sure: we need a PEP first. Ideally it would answer some of the questions raised above, and it would lay out the class hierarchy.

Maybe I wasn't clear enough:

Of course we need a PEP for these names, their intended meaning as object category abstraction and interface placeholder. Too late for Python 2.2, but probably a nice project for 2.3.

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