[Python-Dev] TextIO seek and tell cookies (original) (raw)
Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Mon Sep 26 00🔞51 EDT 2016
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Be careful though, comparing these to plain integers should probably be allowed, and we also should make sure that things like serialization via JSON or storing in an SQL database don't break. I personally think it's one of those "learn not to touch the stove" cases and there's limited value in making this API idiot proof.
On Sun, Sep 25, 2016 at 9:05 PM, Nick Coghlan <ncoghlan at gmail.com> wrote:
On 26 September 2016 at 10:21, MRAB <python at mrabarnett.plus.com> wrote:
On 2016-09-26 00:21, Ben Leslie wrote:
Are there any downsides to this? I've made some progress developing a patch to change this functionality. Is it worth polishing and submitting?
An alternative might be a subclass of int. It could make sense to use a subclass of int that emitted deprecation warnings for integer arithmetic, and then eventually disallowed it entirely. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncoghlan at gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia
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