On 1/16/06, Alex Martelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nothing was said about "different design intent for basestring", as I > recall (that discussion comes up among the few hits for [basestring > site:python.org] if you want to check the details).
Please. How many times do I have to say this. *I added this with the stated intent.* Maybe I didn't communicate that intent clearly. But my intent was exactly as it is documented -- basestring == (str, unicode) and nothing else. Why this intent? Because I felt the need to be able to distinguish the *built-in* string types from *anything* else; they have many special properties and purposes. Also note that basestring was introduced in 2.3, a whole release *after* inheritance from str was made possible. -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ 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
