[Python-Dev] SF patch 864863: Bisect C implementation (original) (raw)

Michael Hudson mwh at python.net
Fri Jan 2 07:17:09 EST 2004

"Raymond Hettinger" <python at rcn.com> writes:

* have two visible modules like StringIO and cStringIO -- personally, I see the approach as clutter but it makes it possible to unittest both.

At least for pickle, and at least historically, pickle has offered something cPickle hasn't: the ability to subclass.

Cheers, mwh

-- 34. The string is a stark data structure and everywhere it is passed there is much duplication of process. It is a perfect vehicle for hiding information. -- Alan Perlis, http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/perlis-alan/quotes.html

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