[Python-Dev] Deprecate codecs.open() and StreamWriter/StreamReader (original) (raw)

Terry Reedy tjreedy at udel.edu
Fri May 27 22:30:31 CEST 2011

On 5/27/2011 11:08 AM, Victor Stinner wrote:

Tell me if I am wrong, but only Marc-Andre is against deprecating StreamReader

While I am, in general, in favor of removing some duplication, I was and am against doing this change precipitously. So I was for the reversion (noted), at least temporarily. Given the disagreement, I think there should be a PEP with pro and con arguments.

-- Terry Jan Reedy

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