Re: [Python-Dev] Base-85

2008-08-11 Thread Josiah Carlson
On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 8:43 AM, zooko <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Aug 2, 2008, at 13:58 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: > >> Martin v. Löwis v.loewis.de> writes: >>> >>> P.S. Just in case it isn't clear: I would oppose any specific proposal >>> to add this Ascii85 algorithm to the standard library.

Re: [Python-Dev] Base-85

2008-08-11 Thread zooko
On Aug 2, 2008, at 13:58 PM, Antoine Pitrou wrote: Martin v. Löwis v.loewis.de> writes: P.S. Just in case it isn't clear: I would oppose any specific proposal to add this Ascii85 algorithm to the standard library. It would sound like we don't have any real problems to solve. According to

Re: [Python-Dev] Base-85

2008-08-02 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Le samedi 02 août 2008 à 14:07 -0700, Guido van Rossum a écrit : > On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Antoine Pitrou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It is also used by git for diffs of binary files, and those diffs are > > supposedly > > understood by other VCSes like Mercurial... > > I'm very inter

Re: [Python-Dev] Base-85

2008-08-02 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 12:58 PM, Antoine Pitrou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It is also used by git for diffs of binary files, and those diffs are > supposedly > understood by other VCSes like Mercurial... I'm very interested in this (for Rietveld). Where can I learn more about how git handles di

Re: [Python-Dev] Base-85

2008-08-02 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Martin v. Löwis v.loewis.de> writes: > > P.S. Just in case it isn't clear: I would oppose any specific proposal > to add this Ascii85 algorithm to the standard library. It would sound > like we don't have any real problems to solve. According to Wikipedia, "its main modern use is in Adobe's Post