Using decode() and encode() would break that predictability. But someone suggested the use of transform() and untransform() instead. That would clarify that the transformation is bytes > bytes and Unicode string > Unicode string. On 23 Apr 2013 05:50, "Lennart Regebro" <regebro@gmail.com> wrote:
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 4:04 AM, Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> wrote:
As others have pointed out in the past, repeatedly, the codec system is completely general and can transform bytes->bytes and text->text just as easily as bytes<->text.
Yes, but the encode()/decode() methods are not, and the fact that you now know what goes in and what comes out means that people get much fewer Decode/EncodeErrors. Which is a good thing.
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