On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 4:04 AM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > As others have pointed out in the past, repeatedly, the codec system is > completely general and can transform bytes->bytes and text->text just as > easily as bytes<->text.
Yes, but the encode()/decode() methods are not, and the fact that you now know what goes in and what comes out means that people get much fewer Decode/EncodeErrors. Which is a good thing. //Lennart _______________________________________________ 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
