[Python-ideas] .from and .to instead of .encode and .decode

[Luciano Ramalho]

On Mon, Mar 16, 2015 at 10:09 AM, anatoly techtonik <techtonik at gmail.com> wrote:
> I use the analogy of "encoding abstract numbers into specific bytes" myself.

Your version of the analogy doesn't sound as helpful to me; "abastract
numbers" sounds even more cryptic than bytes.

My mnemonics are "decode from cryptic bytes to human text" and "encode
from human text to cryptic bytes".

A more objective problem is: "from" is a keyword, so it can't be a method name.

Best,

Luciano



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