Re: [Python-3000] The grand renaming

2008-01-01 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Jan 1, 2008 11:32 AM, Christian Heimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guido van Rossum wrote: > > I don't like renaming PyString to PyBytes right now -- in 2.6 this > > sounds wrong since it is publicly known as the str[ing] type. Renaming > > only in 3.0 would make merges from the trunk harder. (

Re: [Python-3000] Some notes on newline conversion.

2008-01-01 Thread Alexandre Vassalotti
On Jan 1, 2008 12:15 PM, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought PEP 3016 spells out all the details necessary. And the > docstring for open() in io.py as well. Aren't those enough? > Oh, indeed. I didn't remark that PEP 3116 had a section about newline conversion. It's my mistake

Re: [Python-3000] The grand renaming

2008-01-01 Thread Christian Heimes
Guido van Rossum wrote: > I don't like renaming PyString to PyBytes right now -- in 2.6 this > sounds wrong since it is publicly known as the str[ing] type. Renaming > only in 3.0 would make merges from the trunk harder. (Unless you have > evidence to the contrary?) > > I'm okay with renaming PyBy

Re: [Python-3000] The grand renaming

2008-01-01 Thread Guido van Rossum
I don't like renaming PyString to PyBytes right now -- in 2.6 this sounds wrong since it is publicly known as the str[ing] type. Renaming only in 3.0 would make merges from the trunk harder. (Unless you have evidence to the contrary?) I'm okay with renaming PyBytes -> PyByteArray, PyBuffer -> PyMe

Re: [Python-3000] Some notes on newline conversion.

2008-01-01 Thread Guido van Rossum
I thought PEP 3016 spells out all the details necessary. And the docstring for open() in io.py as well. Aren't those enough? On Dec 27, 2007 11:19 PM, Alexandre Vassalotti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I had a hard time, earlier today, figuring out what was the rules for > converting newlin