[Python-Dev] Bug or feature? Unicode vs t#

[Paul Prescod]

"M.-A. Lemburg" wrote:
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>...
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> Since hexlify() uses a parser marker which does not involve a
> type check, there's no way to have it reject Unicode objects.

Well, we do have the option of changing the code!

We could have hexlify check that its argument type is not Unicode or,
more likely, remove the buffer interface from Unicode objects. I think
that's the logical outcome of Guido's belief that Python programmers do
NOT need access to the internal representation of string objects. The
buffer interface seems to be only in existence to give access to
internal representations of objects.

 Paul Prescod