Jim Jewett schrieb: > Simply not encoding/decoding until required would save quite a bit of > time and space -- but then the object would need some way of > indicating which encoding it is in.
Try implementing that some time. You'll find it will be incredibly complex and unmaintainable. Start with implementing len(s). Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com