On 3 March 2014 10:02, Terry Reedy <tjre...@udel.edu> wrote: > On 3/2/2014 4:23 PM, Serhiy Storchaka wrote: >> >> 02.03.14 22:01, Terry Reedy написав(ла): >>> >>> Is this a programmer error for passing unicode instead of string, or a >>> library error for not accepting unicode? >>> Is changing 'isinstance(x, str)' in the library (with whatever other >>> changes are needed) a bugfix to be pushed or a prohibited API expansion? >> >> >> Patches which add support for unicode strings were accepted for one >> issues (e.g. http://bugs.python.org/issue19099) and rejected for other >> issues (e.g. http://bugs.python.org/issue20014 and >> http://bugs.python.org/issue20015). Some issues (e.g. >> http://bugs.python.org/issue18695) hang in undefined state. > > > If Antoine and Guido don't reverse themselves, those could perhaps be > re-opened. It strikes me as borderline, depending interpretation of > 'string'. I am not surprised there have been different resolutions.
It occurs to me that it would be good to have a "bug fix or feature?" section in the developer guide to provide a more permanent record of dicussions like this. That would also be the place to document tricks like defining a private API to fix a bug in a maintenance release, and then potentially making that new API public for the next feature release if it's potentially useful to end users. Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | ncogh...@gmail.com | Brisbane, Australia _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
