Neal Norwitz wrote: > On 11/24/05, M.-A. Lemburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>Should users have access to the search path (through a >>>codecs.unregister())? >> >>Maybe, but why would you want to unregister a search function ? >> >> >>>If so, should it search from the end of the >>>list to the beginning to remove an item? That way the last entry >>>would be removed rather than the first. >> >>I'd suggest to raise an exception in case a user tries >>to register a search function twice. > > > This should take care of the testing problem. > > >>Removal should be the >>same as doing list.remove(), ie. remove the first (and >>only) item in the list of search functions. > > > Do you recommend adding an unregister()? It's not necessary for this case.
Not really - I don't see much of a need for this; except maybe if a codec package wants to replace another codec package. So far no-one has requested such a feature, so I'd say we don't add .unregister() until a request for it pops up. -- Marc-Andre Lemburg eGenix.com Professional Python Services directly from the Source (#1, Nov 24 2005) >>> Python/Zope Consulting and Support ... http://www.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC.Zope.Database.Adapter ... http://zope.egenix.com/ >>> mxODBC, mxDateTime, mxTextTools ... http://python.egenix.com/ ________________________________________________________________________ ::: Try mxODBC.Zope.DA for Windows,Linux,Solaris,FreeBSD for free ! :::: _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
