[Python-3000] PEP 3137 plan of attack

[Gregory P. Smith]

> > >> Also what about .replace() and .translate()?
> > >
> > >> If they are not done in place should they return a new buffer
> (PyBytes_)
> > >> object or a bytes (PyString_) object?  [i'd say a buffer (PyBytes_)]
> > >
> > > They should return the same type as 'self'.
> >
> > My preference would be to do the work in place and return None, just
> > like sorting a list, reversing a list, appending to a list, etc.
>
> Then propose new APIs that don't have the same names as the existing
> ones, which are amongst the most well-known APIs in all of Python.


Agreed, thats why I suggest new method names with an 'i' in front for
inplace.  Anyways I'll be done with my patch to add the copying versions of
the methods later today.  Stay tuned.
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