[Python-Dev] PEP 383: Non-decodable Bytes in System Character Interfaces (original) (raw)
Antoine Pitrou solipsis at pitrou.net
Wed Apr 22 20:44:40 CEST 2009
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Dirkjan Ochtman <dirkjan ochtman.nl> writes:
As a hg developer, I have to concur. Keeping bytes-based APIs intact would make porting hg to py3k much, much easier. You may be able to imagine that dealing with paths correctly cross-platform on a VCS is a major PITA, and py3k is currently not helping the situation.
bytes-based APIs are certainly more bullet-proof under Unix, but it's the reverse under Windows. Martin's proposal aims to bridge the gap and propose something that makes text-based APIs as bullet-proof under Unix as they already are under Windows.
Regards
Antoine.
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