Martin v. Löwis wrote: > M.-A. Lemburg wrote: >> Just because some codecs don't fit into the string.decode() >> or bytes.encode() scenario doesn't mean that these codecs are >> useless or that the methods should be banned. > > No. The reason to ban string.decode and bytes.encode is that > it confuses users.
Instead of starting to ban everything that can potentially confuse a few users, we should educate those users and tell them what these methods mean and how they should be used. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Feb 18 2006) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! :::: _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
