Marc-Andre Lemburg added the comment: On 01.10.2015 04:35, Martin Panter wrote: > For the record, because I was curious: Function codecs.escape_encode() is not > documented, and barely tested. It was used for the documented “string_escape” > codec in Python 2, but this codec was removed for Python 3 in revision > bc90fc9b70b7. The function was apparently added to support pickling, but I > don’t see any evidence that it was ever used. Only the decode counterpart was > used. I wonder if the encode function could be removed at some point.
It's a codec, so either we remove both functions or leave both functions in. It's still used in pickletools and serves a useful purpose there (to unescape embedded escapes in byte streams). ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue25270> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
