I understand. But bytes are still in flux (see the repeated requests for immutable bytes) and I don't want to commit to anything just yet.
On 9/17/07, Mathieu Fenniak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 17-Sep-07, at 11:53 AM, Guido van Rossum wrote: > >> "writeToStream" method that serializes the object -- a byte string > >> would write out <68656c6c6f>, a text string (hello), and so on for > >> other more complex types (dictionaries, labels, arrays, PDF data > >> streams). The type is also responsible for encrypting itself when > >> applicable. > > > > This sounds like a perfect application for generic functions instead > > of subclassing. > > Sure, there are other options for writing and organizing this code. > But, this is a valid application of subclassing the bytes type, and > it is the method I would prefer to be able to implement. > > Mathieu > -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ 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
