[Python-Dev] Alternative Implementation for PEP 292:SimpleString Substitutions (original) (raw)

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Sat Sep 4 18:25:38 CEST 2004

On Fri, 2004-09-03 at 16:37, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

I think Barry needs some backup here.

Thanks MAL!

I'll point out that Template was very deliberately subclassed from unicode, so Template instances /are/ unicode objects. From the standpoint of type conversion, using /F's notation, T(8) == U, thus because U % 8 == U, T(8) % 8 == U.

Other than .encode() are there any other methods of unicode objects that return 8bit strings? I don't think so, so it seems completely natural that T % 8 returns U.

Raymond is against the class-based implementation of PEP 292, but if you accept the class implementation of 292 (which I still believe is the right choice), then the fact that the mod operator always returns a unicode makes perfect sense.

-Barry

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