[Python-Dev] bytes.from_hex() [Was: PEP 332 revival in coordination with pep 349?] (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sat Feb 18 01:20:15 CET 2006

Ian Bicking wrote:

Maybe it isn't worse, but the real alternative is:

import zlib import base64 base64.b64encode(zlib.compress(s)) Encodings cover up eclectic interfaces, where those interfaces fit a basic pattern -- data in, data out.

So should I write

3.1415.encode("sin")

or would that be

3.1415.decode("sin")

What about

"http://www.python.org".decode("URL")

It's "data in, data out", after all. Who needs functions?

Regards, Martin

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