Hi, Your question is discussed since 4 years in the following issue: http://bugs.python.org/issue7475
The last proposition is to add transform() and untransform() methods to bytes and str types. But nobody implemented the idea. If I remember correctly, the missing point is how to define which types are supported by a codec (ex: only bytes for bz2 codec, bytes and str for rot13). Victor 2013/4/22 Ram Rachum <r...@rachum.com>: > Hi everyone, > > Take a look at this question: > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16122435/python-3-how-do-i-use-bytes-to-bytes-and-string-to-string-encodings/16122472?noredirect=1#comment23034787_16122472 > > Is there really no way to use base64 that's as short as: > > b'whatever'.encode('base64') > > Because doing this: > > import codecs > codecs.decode(b"whatever", "base64_codec") > > Or this: > > import base64 > encoded = base64.b64encode(b'whatever') > > Is cumbersome! > > Why can't I do something like b'whatever'.encode('base64')? Or maybe using a > different method than `encode`? > > > Thanks, > Ram. > > _______________________________________________ > 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/victor.stinner%40gmail.com > _______________________________________________ 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
