[Python-Dev] email package status in 3.X

[Neil Hodgson]

Steven D'Aprano:

> Do any other languages have any equivalent to this ebtyes type?

   The String type in Ruby 1.9 is a byte string with an encoding attribute.

   Most online Ruby documentation is for 1.8 but the API can be examined here:
http://ruby-doc.org/ruby-1.9/index.html
   Here's something more explanatory:
http://blog.grayproductions.net/articles/ruby_19s_string

   My view is that this actually makes things much more complex by
making encoding combination an n*n problem (where n is the number of
encodings) rather an n sized problem when you have a single core
string type

   Neil