[Python-Dev] Crazy idea for str.join

[Guido van Rossum]

On 4/29/06, Josiah Carlson <jcarlson at uci.edu> wrote:
> I understand the underlying implementation of str.join can be a bit
> convoluted (with the auto-promotion to unicode and all), but I don't
> suppose there is any chance to get str.join to support objects which
> implement the buffer interface as one of the items in the sequence?

In Py3k, buffers won't be compatible with strings -- buffers will be
about bytes, while strings will be about characters. Given that future
I don't think we should mess with the semantics in 2.x; one change in
the near(ish) future is enough of a transition.

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