I see no reason to introduce clutter like this at this point in time -
code needing to run in both Py 2 nd 3, if not using something like
"six" could do:
compat.py
try:
unicode
except NameError:
unicode = basestring = str
elsewhere:
from compat import unicode, basestring
Or rather:
try:
unicode
else:
str = basestring = unicode
and
from compat import str
# therefore having Python3 valid and clear code from here.
On 3 March 2017 at 11:37, Ryan Birmingham <rainventi...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The thread is here in the archive
> (https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2016-June/040761.html) if
> anyone's wondering context, as I was.
>
> In short, someone wanted an alias from string to basestring.
> This is addressed in the "What's new in Python 3.0"
> (https://docs.python.org/3/whatsnew/3.0.html) page:
>>
>> The built-in basestring abstract type was removed. Use str instead. The
>> strand bytes types don’t have functionality enough in common to warrant a
>> shared base class. The 2to3 tool (see below) replaces every occurrence of
>> basestring with str.
>
> Personally, I have no issue with leaving an alias like this in 2to3, since
> adding it to the language feels more like forced backwards compatibility to
> me.
>
> That said, there are more related subtleties on the "What's new in Python
> 3.0" page, some of which seem less intuitive, so I understand where a desire
> like this would come from. Would more specific and succinct documentation on
> this change alone help?
>
> -Ryan Birmingham
>
> On 3 March 2017 at 06:44, Thomas Güttler <guettl...@thomas-guettler.de>
> wrote:
>>
>> I found this in an old post:
>>
>> > Maybe too late now but there should have been 'unicode',
>> > 'basestring' as aliases for 'str'.
>>
>> I guess it is too late to think about it again ...
>>
>> Regards,
>> Thomas Güttler
>>
>>
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