I honestly wouldn't expect that flag to last forever because it exists purely to help with Python 2 -> 3 transitions. Since it fundamentally changes how things like comparison and `str()` work it isn't something to flip on needlessly and you would be better off using a type checker or linter to look for those sorts of errors.
As such, changing the C API specifically for this flag isn't something I personally would want to see. On Thu, Jul 16, 2020 at 8:17 AM Shai Berger <s...@platonix.com> wrote: > Hi Pythonistas, > > The -b flag, which turns on checks which emit BytesWarnings on > operations mixing bytes and str objects, is very useful. > > However, the only way to set this flag is via the Python invocation. > This limits its usability in contexts where the user's control of the > Python invocation is limited, e.g when using Python embedded in another > executable (such as uwsgi). There appears to be no function which can > set the flag, and no environment variable which controls it. > > Up to Python 3.7, the extension module provided by the bytes-warning > package[1] works around this (it exposes a function which allows > setting the flag from within Python). But with 3.8 (and I suspect, > because of PEP-587[2] related changes), this fails silently and the sys > flag bytes_warning remains unaffected. > > Can we have a non-invocation way to control this flag? > > Thanks, > Shai. > > [1] https://pypi.org/project/bytes-warning/ > [2] https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0587/ > _______________________________________________ > Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org > To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org > https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ > Message archived at > https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/FV37A5SIQGY4VJ6ESUNAMVXHUXUHUVGO/ > Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/ >
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