> > unquote() -- takes string, produces bytes or string > > > > If optional "encoding" parameter is specified, decodes bytes with > > that encoding and returns string. Otherwise, returns bytes. > > The default of returning bytes will break almost all uses. Most code > will uses the unquoted result as a text string, not as bytes -- e.g. a > server has to unquote the values it receives from a form (whether POST > or GET), but almost always the unquoted values are text, e.g. > someone's name or address, or a draft email message.
I actually do know a lot about the uses of this function... But: OK, OK, I yield. Though I still think this is a bad idea, I'll shut up if we can also add "unquote_as_bytes" which returns a byte sequence instead of a string. I'll just change my code to use that. > (Aside: I dislike functions that have a different return type based on > the value of a parameter.) Fair enough. Bill _______________________________________________ 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
