[Python-Dev] email package status in 3.X (original) (raw)

Stephen J. Turnbull stephen at xemacs.org
Mon Jun 21 20:08:42 CEST 2010

Barry Warsaw writes:

Would it make sense to have "encoding-carrying" bytes and str types?

Why limit that to bytes and str? Why not have all objects carry their serializer/deserializer around with them?

I think the answer is "no", though, because (1) it would constitute an attractive nuisance (the default would be abused, it would work fine in Kansas, and all hell would break loose in Kagoshima, simply delaying the pain and/or passing it on to third parties), and (2) you really want this under control of higher level objects that have access to some knowledge of the environment, rather than the lowest level.

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