On 2008-05-09 18:06, Guido van Rossum wrote:
On Fri, May 9, 2008 at 3:54 AM, M.-A. Lemburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 2008-05-08 22:55, Terry Reedy wrote:
Functions that map unicode->unicode or bytes->bytes could be called
transcoders. Each type could be given a .transcode method to go along with
but contrast with .encode or .decode.
Are you suggesting to have two separate methods which then
allow same-type-conversions ? One for encoding to the same
type and one for decoding ?
Fine with me.
They do have to map naturally to the codec method encode and
decode, though, so a single method won't do, unless maybe
you add a parameter to define the direction of the coding
process.
In summary, I'd just like to see the following happen:
* revert the type restrictions on the PyCodec_* API
* enforce the restrictions on the .encode() and .decode()
methods of PyUnicode and PyString objects (str and bytes)
* add a way to PyUnicode and PyString objects (str and bytes)
to allow same type encoding and decoding
+1
Fine, so we need new methods for PyUnicode and PyString objects
which allow encoding and decoding using the same type (and enforce
the return types).
Any suggestions ?
How about these:
str.str_encode() -> str
str.str_decode() -> str
bytes.bytes_encode() -> bytes
bytes.bytes_decode() -> bytes
Thanks,
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