STINNER Victor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> added the comment: The server can send raw 8 bits email in any charset (charset is specified in the email headers). That's why I think that it's better to keep bytes instead of the unicode conversion using a fixed charset. Each email can use a different charset.
Types used in my new patch: - unicode: * IMAP commands (charset=ASCII) * untagged_responses keys (charset=ASCII) - bytes: * answer * regex * tagre attribute * untagged_responses values I chooosed to keep unicode for some variables to minimize the changes in imaplib library and to keep readable code. Patch TODO: - Remove the assert (added for quicker debugging) - Test more functions - Restore _checkquote() in _command() method or use _quote()/_checkquote() in method which need it. login() already quote the password (but why not the login?) I also wrote a patch for a "pure bytes string" version, but the patch is complex, long and the resulting module source code is hard to read. Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file11794/imaplib_bytes.patch _______________________________________ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <http://bugs.python.org/issue1210> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
