[Python-Dev] Optional arguments for str.encode /.decode (original) (raw)
Raymond Hettinger python at rcn.com
Fri Nov 7 10:36:19 EST 2003
- Previous message: [Python-Dev] other "magic strings" issues
- Next message: [Python-Dev] Re: Optional arguments for str.encode /.decode
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]
[Barry]
> Actually what I was complaining about probably is too late to "fix". It
[Alex]
We must keep supporting that approach, yes (alas), but maybe it's not too late to encourage another alternative style instead? E.g., have some object exposing attributes corresponding to those strings that do name codecs, so that while e.g.
s.encode('zlib', level=9) would have to keep working, the officially encouraged style would be: s.encode(codec.zlib, level=9) or something of that ilk...?
+1, that is a great idea.
Raymond
- Previous message: [Python-Dev] other "magic strings" issues
- Next message: [Python-Dev] Re: Optional arguments for str.encode /.decode
- Messages sorted by: [ date ] [ thread ] [ subject ] [ author ]