On Fri, 21 Sep 2007 10:00:38 -0400, Jim Jewett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [snip] > >It does sound like we need a way to get to the original bytes, similar >to sys.stdin.buffer. Is it reasonable to expose sys.argv.buffer? >(Since this would be bytes rather than text, I assume this would be a >single array, rather than a list of already separated arguments.)
Without commenting on whether this is a good idea overall or not, it would not be a single array, rather than a list of already separated arguments, because it is given to the C main() function as an array of char*, not a single char*. On Windows it's more complicated, but the same argument can probably be applied (or it should also reflect the underlying system API on Windows, which means on Windows it will be a single bytes object instead of a list of them, but only on Windows. This goes beyond even the 2.x level of low-level detail exposure). Jean-Paul _______________________________________________ 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
