[Python-Dev] PEP 460: allowing %d and %f and mojibake (original) (raw)

Kristján Valur Jónsson kristjan at ccpgames.com
Sun Jan 12 03:11:23 CET 2014

No, I don't think it is. The purpose is to make it easier to work with bytes objects. There can be no python 2 compatibility when it comes to bytes/unicode conversion.

From: Python-Dev [python-dev-bounces+kristjan=ccpgames.com at python.org] on behalf of Serhiy Storchaka [storchaka at gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2014 21:01 To: python-dev at python.org Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] PEP 460: allowing %d and %f and mojibake

11.01.14 21:40, Kristján Valur Jónsson написав(ла):

How about a compromise? Personally, I think adding the full complement of integer/float formatting to bytes is a bit over the top. How about just supporting two format specifiers? %b : interpolate a bytes object. If it doesn't have the buffer interface, error. %s : interpolate a str object, encoded to ASCII using 'strict' conversion.

%b is not supported in Python 2.7. And compatibility with Python 2.7 is only the purpose of this feature.

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