Larry Hastings added the comment: > Doesn't always zeroes == length?
"zeroes" requires "length", but "length" does not require "zeroes". As it happens all the format units supported by str always have both parameters either True or False. But the Py_UNICODE converter accepts "length" for format units u# and Z#, and doesn't support "zeroes". I want the converters to accept common parameters. That will make comprehension easier for the casual reader. So I want to keep "length" as a separate parameter, even for str. > So I think the support of encoding=True should be removed > from Argument Clinic soon. [...] I think we should get rid > of [length] in future. I disagree. My goal with Argument Clinic is that third-party developers will use it to write extensions. And we don't know how many extension modules are using es, es#, et, et#, s#, y#, z#, u#, and U#. I don't think we can remove any of this functionality until 4.0. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue24000> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
