[Web-SIG] Request for Comments on upcoming WSGI Changes

[Georg Brandl]

P.J. Eby schrieb:

>>-  Python 3 no longer implicitly converts between unicode and byte
>>    strings.  This covers comparisons, the regular expression engine,
>>    all string functions and many modules in the stdlib.
>>-  The Python 3 stdlib radically moved to unicode for non unicode things
>>    as well (the http servers, http clients, url handling etc.)
>>
>>-  A byte only version of WSGI appears unrealistic on Python 3 because
>>    it would require server and middleware implementors to reimplement
>>    parts of the standard library to work on bytes again.
> 
> IMO, this strongly suggests that it's the stdlib or Python 3 that's 
> broken here.  How much of the stdlib are we talking about needing to 
> reimplement, aside from cgi.FieldStorage?

FWIW, it's very much possible that the py3k stdlib is broken there.  Many
modules were "ported" with the aim "get the test running again", and not
too much thought about bytes/unicode issues.

Georg

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