On Fri, Dec 5, 2008 at 8:57 PM, Tres Seaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Amen! the idea that paths, environment varioables, and stuff pulled off > of sockets can be treated as text rather than strings is just wishful > thinking.
Unfortunately most of the programmers of the world *do* think that way(*), and it's not easy to wean them off the idea. It's a powerful meme that you can use your own name as a file name, even if you happen to be Czech or Vietnamese -- and it's promoted by the two most popular consumer operating systems. (*) With the exception of sockets. Sockets are typically dealt with through protocols and APIs that provide guidance about how to convert between bytes and strings, and whether that is even a meaningful operation. -- --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
