[Python-Dev] Py2.3 Todo List

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Raymond Hettinger wrote:
> Here is my todo list for Py2.3.
> 4) I've had a long outstanding patch to add methods like isalpha() to
> string objects.  The goal was to make sure that replacements exist
> for all the tools in the string module.  The hold-up has been in
> making UniCode equivalents.  If this is still wanted, I'll finish it up.

Hmm, Unicode object already have these methods...

I'd like to add another TODO to the list:

5) Add functions sys.setdefaultsourceencoding() and
    sys.getdefaultsourceencoding() which allow setting and
    querying the Python compiler's assumption about the
    default source code encoding (currently ASCII) much in
    the same way as sys.set/getdefaultencoding() work for
    the internal string encoding assumption.

    Just like the latter, sys.setdefaultsourceencoding() should
    only be usable in site.py and get deleted from the sys module
    in the same way after completed execution of site.py.

    I probably won't have time to write a patch for this, so
    volunteers are most welcome. If you have questions, feel free
    to ask.

Thanks,
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