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| From | Tim Chase <python.list@tim.thechases.com> |
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| Subject | Re: Question on keyword arguments |
| Date | Thu, 18 Feb 2016 13:20:55 -0600 |
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On 2016-02-18 10:57, grsmith@atlanticbb.net wrote: > Tim, the 'crazy-other-result format' is the > result returned by the database, nothing > I can do about that :) then, much like converting byte-strings to unicode strings as early as possible and converting them back to byte-strings as late as possible, I'd do the same with your DB results: change them into real Python lists as soon as they come out of the DB, operate on them throughout your code as real lists, and only convert them back to crazy-other-format at the time you write them back to the DB. My condolences on having to deal with ugly data. Been there, done that, still stuck with it. :-) -tkc
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