[issue1248] ftplib needs a rewrite to use bytes/buffers

[STINNER Victor]

STINNER Victor <victor.stinner at haypocalc.com> added the comment:

Function result type should be the same of the connection is in text 
mode or binary mode. As far as I remember, the text mode converts the 
newline byte sequence, not the charset. A text file could be stored as 
latin-1, utf-8, koi-8 or anything else. Am I wrong?

ftplib should use byte strings (as I did for POP3, IMAP4 or some other 
libraries) because the FTP protocol doesn't send the charset.

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nosy: +haypo

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