[Python-3000] email libraries: use byte or unicode strings?

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Nov 6, 2008, at 1:15 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:

>> But if that's not the case, wouldn't it make more sense to keep  
>> email out of
>> the initial 3.0 release, rather than put a half-broken version in  
>> with
>> special "we can totally change the API for the next release"  
>> dispensation?
>
> Tough call. I'm inclined to give people *something* in 3.0 with the
> promise we'll fix it in 3.1, rather than withholding it altogether.

I think that's the right thing to do, because large parts of the API  
will be the same, and where ever it's possible, we should provide a  
migration path for the new API (e.g. DeprecationWarnings, etc.).

- -Barry

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