On Thu, 9 Dec 2010 13:55:08 -0500 Alexander Belopolsky <alexander.belopol...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: > .. > > string-string transforms use the same namespace even though the > > typical transform only supports one or the other. E.g. IMO all of the > > following should raise LookupError: > > > >>>> b'abc'.transform('rot13') > > Traceback (most recent call last): > > .. > > return (input.translate(rot13_map), len(input)) > > TypeError: expected an object with the buffer interface > > This is actually *very* misleading because > > >>> 'abc'.transform('rot13') > 'nop' > > works even though 'abc' is not "an object with the buffer interface". Agreed. It was already pointed out in the parent thread. I would say my opinion on keeping transform()/untransform() is +0 if these error messages (and preferably the exception type as well) get improved. Otherwise we'd better revert them and add a more polished version in 3.3. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ 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