[python-win32] python3 and extended mapi

[Christian K.]

>>   <Paul_Koning <at> Dell.com> writes:
>
>>> I would only want/expect to see “bytes” types when the values in question
>> are binary data streams, or
>>> unknown format.  But anytime we’re dealing with text strings, the Python 3
>> approach is that the Python
>>> code sees “str” type, and questions of encoding have been handled at the
>> edge.  This is where Python 3
>>
>> This is not true, see above.
>
> What I mean is that you cannot leave it to the application. Once a "str"
> type is returned is has to be assumed that it contains unicode data. "str"
> classes do not have a decode method or is there a way to decode the data
> hold by a "str" object assuming that is encoded and not unicode?

No objections here? I am not an expert to be without doubts on what I 
said myself. So please tell me if I am wrong.

Christian