[Python-3000] PEP 3108: Standard Library Reorganization

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Jan 3, 2007, at 3:48 PM, Josiah Carlson wrote:

>> That's better.  I'm not sure it's a total win over what we have now,
>> unless you're thinking that the mapping between .encode.<whatever>
>> and .encode('whatever') is automatic.
>
> I'm thinking that .encode('whatever') would disappear (maybe be
> deprecated for 2.x if it was seen as a solution to long-standing  
> issues),
> to be replaced by .encode.whatever().

Hmm, that does sound interesting.  Sometimes you have a string that  
names the encoding, such as when you get it from an email header.   
Other times you know what function you want to call, such as is  
usually the case with base64 and friends.  OTOH, the former can  
always be handled with getattr().

- -Barry

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