[Python-Dev] Status of the PEP 400? (deprecate codecs.StreamReader/StreamWriter)

[Guido van Rossum]

On Wed, Jul 27, 2011 at 4:11 PM, Victor Stinner
<victor.stinner at haypocalc.com> wrote:
> Le 28/07/2011 00:36, Guido van Rossum a écrit :
>>
>> Sorry Victor, I somehow didn't see that message even though I received
>> it (I probably thought it was a continuation of the python-dev thread
>> which I've been ignoring).
>
> No problem.
>
>> no, there's no particular hurry
>
> That's why it's a deprecation process and the removal is schedule for later:
> "3.4 (or maybe later)". I added "or maybe later" before reopening a new
> thread on this list.

That still sounds fairly aggressive.

>> no, I don't think you should change codecs.open() to call io.open()
>
> The PEP is useless without this change. If we don't deprecate any class and
> don't change codecs.open(), it's better to just reject the PEP.

Why? (Not that I am against rejecting the PEP. I feel weakly opinioned
in this case, about -0.)

>> start deprecating them formally once we feel that most users have switched
>
> Users of codecs.open() or users of codecs.Stream* classes?

I would think both. Is there any reason to continue using codecs.open()?

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