Re: [Python-Dev] methods on the bytes object (was: Crazy idea for str.join)

2006-05-01 Thread Guido van Rossum
Please take this to the py3k list. It's still open which methods to add; it'll depend on the needs we discover while using bytes to write the I/O library. I don't believe we should add everything we can; rather, I'd like to keep the API small until we have a clear need for a particular method. Fo

Re: [Python-Dev] methods on the bytes object (was: Crazy idea for str.join)

2006-04-30 Thread Josiah Carlson
"Guido van Rossum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 4/29/06, Josiah Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I understand the underlying implementation of str.join can be a bit > > convoluted (with the auto-promotion to unicode and all), but I don't > > suppose there is any chance to get str.join to