[Python-3000] New io system and binary data

[Jason Orendorff]

On 9/19/07, Bill Janssen <janssen at parc.com> wrote:
> > Way more programs (especially simple ones) deal with txet
> > than with binary data.
>
> I'd love to see stats on that, Guido.  I'm sure it's true in your
> immediate vicinity, given what you work on, but I don't believe it's
> true in general.

Given the context (stdin/stdout/stderr), I'd love to know what you're
thinking of here.  I can't name a program offhand that wants to
operate on binary data via a pipeline.  There are a few that *can*,
like gzip, but my impression is that even those aren't often used that
way anymore.

-j