[Python-Dev] Reintroduce or drop completly hex, bz2, rot13, ... codecs

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Victor Stinner wrote:
> Le mercredi 09 juin 2010 10:41:29, M.-A. Lemburg a écrit :
>> No, .transform() and .untransform() will be interface to same-type
>> codecs, i.e. ones that convert bytes to bytes or str to str. As with
>> .encode()/.decode() these helper methods also implement type safety
>> of the return type.
> 
> What about buffer compatible objects like array.array(), memoryview(), etc.? 
> Should we use codecs.encode() / codecs.decode() for these types?

Yes, or call the encoders/decoders directly by first fetching
them via codecs.lookup().

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