> So, apart from compatibility purposes, what is the > point currently of *not* directly subclassing str?
To provide your own storage format, such as a views into existing data. Whether or not this is actually practical is a different question; plenty C code tends to assume it can use the internals of str directly, which breaks on even some subclasses. -jJ _______________________________________________ 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
