Jan. 2, 2004
12:17 p.m.
"Raymond Hettinger" <python@rcn.com> writes:
* have two visible modules like StringIO and cStringIO -- personally, I see the approach as clutter but it makes it possible to unittest both.
At least for pickle, and at least historically, pickle has offered something cPickle hasn't: the ability to subclass. Cheers, mwh -- 34. The string is a stark data structure and everywhere it is passed there is much duplication of process. It is a perfect vehicle for hiding information. -- Alan Perlis, http://www.cs.yale.edu/homes/perlis-alan/quotes.html