[Python-3000] More PEP 3101 changes incoming
Ron Adam
rrr at ronadam.com
Sat Aug 11 10:48:27 CEST 2007
Greg Ewing wrote:
> Ron Adam wrote:
>> Greg Ewing wrote:
> >
>>> Then why not just return an empty string?
>> Because an empty string is a valid string. It can be expanded to a
>> minimum width which me may not want to do.
>
> I'm not seeing a use case for this. If the user says
> he wants his field a certain minimum width, what
> business does the type have overriding that?
Just pointing out *one* capability that is possible, Maybe it was just a
poor choice as an example.
Cheers,
Ron
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