[Python-Dev] Re: [Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Lib types.py,1.26,1.27

[Skip Montanaro]

    Guido> Specific tasks, by the way:

    Guido> - Add a 'string' built-in type that's the common base class for str
    Guido>   and unicode.

    Guido> - Make buffer, xrange, and slice into new-stype types.

I'm working on xrange at the moment.

    Guido> - Figure out which type names are commonly tested for that aren't
    Guido>   yet built-ins, and propose a way to expose their names.

    Guido> - The 'new' module may also become deprecated; its functions
    Guido>   (instance, instancemethod, function, code, module, and
    Guido>   classobj) should be implementable by calling the appropriate
    Guido>   types (not all of these are their own factories yet, so that's
    Guido>   another task).  Then for compatibility, a module "new.py" may
    Guido>   be provided that implements the interfaces in a
    Guido>   backward-compatible way.

If new is important enough to retain for backward compatibility, my guess is
types would be as well.

I am working on a PEP.  If I can get a patch generated for the xrange type
builtin in the next little while I will release it for comments today,
skeletal though it is.

Skip