[Python-Dev] Bug or feature? Unicode vs t# (original) (raw)

Paul Prescod paulp@ActiveState.com
Thu, 11 Oct 2001 14:15:14 -0700

Tim Peters wrote:

[Paul Prescod] > What is the use case for treating a Unicode object as if it were a > buffer of bytes by translating it to the default encoding? Obviously, so that you can pass it to binascii.hexlify() .

This is NOT a question about hexlify. It is a question about t#! Or getcharbuffer. Or something.

My real question is whether there is any value in having Unicode objects expose their internal representation to Python programmers through the buffer interface?

Paul Prescod