On 15 June 2016 at 13:53, Daniel Holth <dho...@gmail.com> wrote: > In that case could we just add a base64_text() method somewhere? Who would > like to measure whether it would be a win?
"Just adding" a method in the stdlib, means we'd have to support it long term (backward compatibility). So by the time such an experiment determined whether it was worth it, it'd be too late. Finding out whether users/projects typically write such a helper function for themselves would be a better way of getting this information. Personally, I suspect they don't, but facts beat speculation. Of course, "not every one liner needs to be a stdlib function" applies here too. Paul _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
