M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
It's being able to writestr.transform('gzip').transform('uu') which doesn't require knowledge about the modules doing the actual work behind the scenes.
That doesn't preclude those modules exporting their functionality in the form of codecs having the standard codec interface. There are two independent issues here: 1) Should the functionality be provided in the form of a codec? (Yes, that's fine, IMO.) 2) Should all codecs live in a central registry and be callable via methods on strings and bytes? (I'm not convinced that's the case.) -- Greg _______________________________________________ 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
