Steven D'Aprano <steve+pyt...@pearwood.info> added the comment:
On Fri, Feb 07, 2020 at 12:33:45PM +0000, Serhiy Storchaka wrote: > > Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka+cpyt...@gmail.com> added the comment: > > See a discussion on Python-Dev: > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-...@python.org/message/YMIGWRUERUG66CKRJXDXNPCIDHRQJY6V/ I don't know whether the very odd calls str(encoding='spam') str(errors='eggs') str(encoding='spam', errors='eggs') are intentional or not. I suspect not: to me, it looks like an accident of implementation, not a deliberate feature. Under what circumstances would somebody intentionally provide an encoding and error handler when they aren't actually going to use them? There may be really unusual cases: args = () if condition else (mybytes,) str = str(*args, encoding='spam') but I doubt they are going to be either common or something we ought to encourage. Regardless of whether we deprecate and remove those three odd cases or not, I don't think we should bother documenting them. If anyone disagrees, and wants to document them, that's okay, but you can document them as a separate PR with a separate discussion. Let's just fix the confusion over the default encoding here and worry about other issues later. Don't let the perfect get in the way of the good enough for now :-) ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue39574> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com