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 <ram@rachum.com>:
Hi everyone,
Take a look at this question:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/16122435/python-3-how-do-i-use-bytes-to-b...
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