[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Lib/email Generator.py,1.16,1.17

[M.-A. Lemburg]

bwarsaw@users.sourceforge.net wrote:
> + def _is8bitstring(s):
> +     if isinstance(s, StringType):
> +         try:
> +             unicode(s, 'us-ascii')

Note that 'ascii' will be faster since there are short-cuts
in the C code which map this directly to the ASCII codec.

> +         except UnicodeError:
> +             return True
> +     return False
> + 

Since this kind of function occurs quite often in string
related code, wouldn't be better to code it in C and
publish it through e.g. the _codecs module ?!

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