[Python-Dev] Allowing u.encode() to return non-strings

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Guido van Rossum wrote:
>>Ok, how about a compromise: .encode() and .decode() of string
>>and unicode objects may return string or unicode objects only
>>(limiting the set of types to two base types).
> 
> 
> This works for me, especially since I expect type inferencers to
> collapse the two types (just as they should collapse int and long).

Ok, I'll make the necessary changes next week.

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