Re: [Python-3000] [Python-Dev] Finishing up PEP 3108

2008-05-31 Thread tjreedy
"Georg Brandl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Of course, it would also be nice for ``help("if")`` to work effortlessly, > which it currently only does if the generated HTML documentation is > available somewhere, which it typically isn't -- on Unix most > distribut

Re: [Python-3000] Making more effective use of slice objects in Py3k

2006-08-31 Thread tjreedy
"Bob Ippolito" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > +1 for polymorphic strings. A strong +1 here also. > > This would give us the best of both worlds: compact representations > for ASCII and Latin-1, full 32 bit text when needed, and the > possibility to implement furthe