>> One specific problem is dictionaries will stop working correctly if you >> set the default encoding to anything but ASCII. > > ...except they haven't.
In your application. Can you please agree that this a semantical problem that is completely unacceptable for language design? > Indeed, but this doesn't happen because the app never has a situation > where strings and unicodes are put in the same dict. However, it does > have plenty of situations where lists containing a mixture of utf-8 > encoded strings and unicodes exist, where changing the default encoding > removes a *lot* of pain. So you should convert all byte strings to UTF-8 before adding them to the list. Assuming you have used proper encapsulation and object-oriented design, it shouldn't be too difficult to find, for each such list, where the places are that modify the list. > Would anyone object if I added this snippet to the .rst that generates: > http://docs.python.org/library/sys.html The snippet explaining the problem? I don't mind, but Raymond is on record for objecting to any addition of a warning box to the documentation, because it gives the impression that Python is full of problems, when many these warnings really refer to boundary cases only. 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
