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

[Greg Ewing]

Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> This discussion isn't about whether it could be done or not, it's
> about where people expect to find such functionality.  Personally, if
> I can find .encode('euc-jp') on a string object, I would expect to
> find .encode('gzip') on a bytes object, too.

What I'm not seeing is a clear rationale on where you
draw the line. Out of all the possible transformations
between a string and some other kind of data, which
ones deserve to be available via this rather strange
and special interface, and why?

-- 
Greg