[Python-3000] PEP 3138- String representation in Python 3000

[M.-A. Lemburg]

On 2008-05-14 18:33, Georg Brandl wrote:
> M.-A. Lemburg schrieb:
>>>> In summary, I'd just like to see the following happen:
>>>>
>>>>  * revert the type restrictions on the PyCodec_* API
>>>>
>>>>  * enforce the restrictions on the .encode() and .decode()
>>>>   methods of PyUnicode and PyString objects (str and bytes)
>>>>
>>>>  * add a way to PyUnicode and PyString objects (str and bytes)
>>>>   to allow same type encoding and decoding
>>>
>>> +1
> 
> Will this get use the hex, base64 etc. "codecs" back? If yes, great!

I suppose so :-)

Those would work only work on bytes, though, so to convert
the result into text, you'd have to do:

text = bytes.encodebytes('hex').decode('ascii')
bytes = text.encode('ascii').decodebytes('hex')

>> Fine, so we need new methods for PyUnicode and PyString objects
>> which allow encoding and decoding using the same type (and enforce
>> the return types).
>>
>> Any suggestions ?
>>
>> How about these:
>>
>> str.str_encode() -> str
>> str.str_decode() -> str
>>
>> bytes.bytes_encode() -> bytes
>> bytes.bytes_decode() -> bytes
> 
> Cool, a naming contest :)
> 
> What about transform/untransform?

Not bad :-)

Here's a version without underscores:

str.encodestr() -> str
str.decodestr() -> str

bytes.encodebytes() -> bytes
bytes.decodebytes() -> bytes

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