Ron Adam wrote: > This uses syntax to determine the direction of encoding. It would be > easier and clearer to just require two arguments or a tuple. > > u = unicode(b, 'encode', 'base64') > b = bytes(u, 'decode', 'base64')
The point of the exercise was to avoid using the terms 'encode' and 'decode' entirely, since some people claim to be confused by them. While I succeeded in that, I concede that the result isn't particularly intuitive and is arguably even more confusing. If we're going to continue to use 'encode' and 'decode', why not just make them functions: b = encode(u, 'utf-8') u = decode(b, 'utf-8') In the case of Unicode encodings, if you get them backwards you'll get a type error. The advantage of using functions over methods or constructor arguments is that they can be applied uniformly to any input and output types. -- Greg _______________________________________________ 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
