[Python-Dev] to rename or not...

[Ronald Oussoren]

On 31 Jul, 2013, at 10:09, Antoine Pitrou <solipsis at pitrou.net> wrote:

> Le Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:15:50 +0200,
> Ronald Oussoren <ronaldoussoren at mac.com> a écrit :
>> 
>> Because of this I'd like to introduce a new API in plistlib that
>> fixes both problems. In particular:
>> 
>> * Add 'load', 'loads', 'dump' and 'dumps', those use "bytes" for
>> binary data by default
>> 
>> * Keep and deprecate "readPlist", "writePlist" and the their string
>> equivalents, those still use Data objects (and call the new API to do
>> the actual work).
>> 
>> I'd like some feedback on this change. On the one hand the new APIs
>> make it possible to clean up the API of plistlib, on the other hand
>> this is a big API change.
> 
> +1 on the principle. I can't say more, not being a Mac user.

plistlib is the portable part of the stdlib :-)

But anyway, I've got enough positive feedback that I'll introduce the
new API, although it probably won't make the first alpha release.

Ronald