Matthias Kievernagel wrote: > Me: >>> If I don't want bytes to get passed to tkinter >>> I just have to raise an exception in AsObj, no? >>> Or is it even sufficient to just remove the bytes case? > Martin v. Loewis <mar...@v.loewis.de> wrote: >> But why would you want that? There are commands which legitimately >> return bytes, e.g. the file and network io libraries of Tcl (not that >> you would usually want to use them in Python, but Tkinter is actually >> Tclinter, and should support all Tcl commands). > > I'm just looking for a reliable error message when I pass > something to GUI functions which is not fit for display, > i.e. not a string. If bytes pass unnoticed, > I'll sooner or later have a surprise. > Just to make sure I decode all bytes (coming from a socket) > before I pass them on to the GUI.
I see. I think it's just not possible to provide such a check, given Tcl's (non-existent) type system. Regards, Martin -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
