Re: [Python-3000] StringIO vs cStringIO, pickle vs cPickle

2006-04-04 Thread Martin v. Löwis
Just van Rossum wrote: > While I appreciate that there are maintained pure Python versions of > those modules, as a user it irritates me that I have the choice. The > argument so far for not replacing StringIO with cStringIO was that > they're subtly incompatible (mostly StringIO's "feature" to sup

Re: [Python-3000] StringIO vs cStringIO, pickle vs cPickle

2006-04-04 Thread Neal Norwitz
On 4/4/06, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm in agreement with the sentiment of keeping the Python code though > -- it's incredibly useful for example in Jython and IronPython. > Perhaps we should switch to a naming scheme where we have a "pickle" > module that you're supposed to

Re: [Python-3000] StringIO vs cStringIO, pickle vs cPickle

2006-04-04 Thread Guido van Rossum
On 4/4/06, Aahz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, Apr 04, 2006, Just van Rossum wrote: > > Has there been any discussion yet about StringIO vs cStringIO and pickle > > vs cPickle? > > Now there is! > > > While I appreciate that there are maintained pure Python versions of > > those modules, as a

Re: [Python-3000] StringIO vs cStringIO, pickle vs cPickle

2006-04-04 Thread Aahz
On Tue, Apr 04, 2006, Just van Rossum wrote: > > Has there been any discussion yet about StringIO vs cStringIO and pickle > vs cPickle? Now there is! > While I appreciate that there are maintained pure Python versions of > those modules, as a user it irritates me that I have the choice. The > arg

[Python-3000] StringIO vs cStringIO, pickle vs cPickle

2006-04-04 Thread Just van Rossum
Has there been any discussion yet about StringIO vs cStringIO and pickle vs cPickle? While I appreciate that there are maintained pure Python versions of those modules, as a user it irritates me that I have the choice. The argument so far for not replacing StringIO with cStringIO was that they're