Message 289935 - Python tracker

Message289935

Author	barry
Recipients	barry, jwilk, ncoghlan, steven.daprano, vstinner
Date	2017-03-21.13:43:20
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In-reply-to	<1490096837.04.0.42920077295.issue29857@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>

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On Mar 21, 2017, at 11:47 AM, STINNER Victor wrote: >No, text please. Text is just more convenient in Python, and it's trivial to >retrieve original bytes: > >raw_args_bytes = [os.fsencode(arg) for arg in sys._raw_args] Well, "raw args" implies minimal or no processing, so bytes would make the most sense. It doesn't bother me that it's inconvenient; this won't be an oft used API and the conversion to strings should be just as easy.

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On Mar 21, 2017, at 11:47 AM, STINNER Victor wrote:

>No, text please. Text is just more convenient in Python, and it's trivial to
>retrieve original bytes:
>
>raw_args_bytes = [os.fsencode(arg) for arg in sys._raw_args]

Well, "raw args" implies minimal or no processing, so bytes would make the
most sense.  It doesn't bother me that it's inconvenient; this won't be an oft
used API and the conversion to strings should be just as easy.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2017-03-21 13:43:20	barry	set	recipients: + barry, ncoghlan, vstinner, jwilk, steven.daprano
2017-03-21 13:43:20	barry	link	issue29857 messages
2017-03-21 13:43:20	barry	create