[Python-Dev] (Not) delaying the 3.2 release (original) (raw)
Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Thu Sep 16 15:52:48 CEST 2010
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On Sep 16, 2010, at 11:28 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:
There are some APIs that should be able to handle bytes or strings, but the current use of string literals in their implementation means that bytes don't work. This turns out to be a PITA for some networking related code which really wants to be working with raw bytes (e.g. URLs coming off the wire).
Note that email has exactly the same problem. A general solution -- even if embodied in well documented best-practices and convention -- would really help make the stdlib work consistently, and I bet third party libraries too.
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