>> In email's case this is true, but in JSON's case it's not. JSON is a >> format defined as a sequence of code points; MIME is defined as a >> sequence of octets. > > Another to look at it is that JSON is a subset of Javascript, and as such is > text rather than bytes.
I don't think this can be approached from a theoretical point of view. Instead, what matters is how users want to use it. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ 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