Eli Bendersky <eli...@gmail.com> added the comment: About (1):
It's customary for Python to accept "truthful" values (like non-empty strings) as True. I see no harm in that. Strict type-checking to boolean True in each and every place is not necessary. About (2): Similarly, this isn't productive. ET may not know about all encodings underlying the system. The warning is clearly documented - it's up for the user to make sure it's valid. ---------- resolution: -> wont fix status: open -> closed _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue13823> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
