Nick Coghlan schrieb: > Georg Brandl wrote: >> Guido van Rossum schrieb: >>> I've written up a comprehensive status report on Python 3000. Please read: >>> >>> http://www.artima.com/weblogs/viewpost.jsp?thread=208549 >> >> Thank you! Now I have something to show to interested people except "read >> the PEPs". >> >> A minuscule nit: the rot13 codec has no library equivalent, so it won't be >> supported anymore :) > > Given that there are valid use cases for bytes-to-bytes translations, > and a common API for them would be nice, does it make sense to have an > additional category of codec that is invoked via specific recoding > methods on bytes objects? For example: > > encoded = data.encode_bytes('bz2') > decoded = encoded.decode_bytes('bz2') > assert data == decoded
This is exactly what I proposed a while before under the name bytes.transform(). IMO it would make a common use pattern much more convenient and should be given thought. If a PEP is called for, I'd be happy to at least co-author it. Georg _______________________________________________ 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
