>>>>> "Ron" == Ron Adam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Ron> Terry Reedy wrote:
>> I prefer the shorter names and using recode, for instance, for
>> bytes to bytes.
Ron> While I prefer constructors with an explicit encode argument,
Ron> and use a recode() method for 'like to like' coding.
'Recode' is a great name for the conceptual process, but the methods
are directional. Also, in internationalization work, "recode"
strongly connotes "encodingA -> original -> encodingB", as in iconv.
I do prefer constructors, as it's generally not a good idea to do
encoding/decoding in-place for human-readable text, since the codecs
are often lossy.
Ron> Then the whole encode/decode confusion goes away.
Unlikely. Errors like "A string".encode("base64").encode("base64")
are all too easy to commit in practice.
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