2007/10/19, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On 10/7/07, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'd like to make complete implementation of PEP 3137 the goal for the > > 3.0a2 release. It should be doable to do this release by the end of > > October. I don't think anything else *needs* to be done to have a > > successful a2 release. > > I'm still hopeful, though realistically we may not quite make it.
Mid November sounds more like it. Below is a full updated status update; here's a short list of the tasks that remain to be done: - remove compatibility with PyString from PyUnicode - change lots of places (e.g. encoders) to return PyString instead of PyBytes - change PyString's repr() to return "b'...'" (1) - change PyBytes's repr() to return "buffer(b'...')" (1) - change parser so that b"..." returns PyString, not PyBytes (1) - rename bytes -> buffer, str8 -> bytes (1) - change PyBytes so that its str() is the same as its repr(). - change PyString so that its str() is the same as its repr(). (1) see http://bugs.python.org/issue1247 I'll be working on all of these together; they're hard to separate out. Here's the full list: > > - remove locale support from PyString > > Done. > > > - remove compatibility with PyUnicode from PyString Done. > > - remove compatibility with PyString from PyUnicode > > Not done yet. > > > - add missing methods to PyBytes (for list, see the PEP and compare to > > what's already there) > > Done (Gregory P. Smith) > > > - remove buffer API from PyUnicode > > Done. > > > - make == and != between PyBytes and PyUnicode return False instead of > > raising TypeError > > Done. > > > - make == and != between PyString and Pyunicode return False instead > > of converting > > A patch by Thomas Lee exists: http://bugs.python.org/issue1263 > However it breaks some unit tests. Done. > > - make comparisons between PyString and PyBytes work (these are > > properly ordered) > > Already works. > > > - change lots of places (e.g. encoders) to return PyString instead of > > PyBytes > > Not done. > > > - change indexing and iteration over PyString to return ints, not > > 1-char PyStrings > > A patch by Alexandre Vassalotti exists but breaks some unit tests: > http://bugs.python.org/issue1280 Done. > > - change PyString's repr() to return "b'...'" > > - change PyBytes's repr() to return "buffer(b'...')" > > - change parser so that b"..." returns PyString, not PyBytes > > - rename bytes -> buffer, str8 -> bytes > > A patch by Alexandre Vassolotti and Christian Heimes exists for these 4 items: > http://bugs.python.org/issue1247 > However it breaks too many tests to be applied right now. Still pending. > > - change the constructor for PyString to match the one for PyBytes > > Not done. Done. > > - change PyBytes so that its str() is the same as its repr(). > > - change PyString so that its str() is the same as its repr(). > > Not done. > > > - add an iteration view over PyBytes (optional) > > Not yet done (Christian Heimes offered). Done. > > - kill basestring. > > Done (Christian Heimes). > > > - move initialization of sys.std{in,out,err} into C code and do it earlier. > > A patch by Christian Heimes exists: http://bugs.python.org/issue1267 > However it still breaks some unit tests... Done. > There are also some issues that mainly crop up in non-English locales. > We will try to get to the bottom of those before releasing 3.0a2, but > I need help as I'm myself absolutely unable to work with locales (and > I don't have access to a Windows box). I think Christian and a few others are making progress here. -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
