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Subject: RE: Python3.3 str() bug?
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Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2012 17:47:51 +0000
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Chris Angelico wrote:=0D=0A> =0D=0A> What you really should be doing is not=
 transforming the whole=0D=0A> structure, but explicitly transforming each =
part inside it=2E I=0D=0A> recommend you stop fighting the language and sta=
rt thinking about your=0D=0A> data as either *bytes* or *characters* and us=
ing the appropriate data=0D=0A> types (bytes or str) everywhere=2E You'll t=
hen find that it makes=0D=0A> perfect sense to explicitly translate (en/dec=
ode) from one to another,=0D=0A> but it doesn't make sense to encode a list=
 in UTF-8 or decode a=0D=0A> dictionary from Latin-1=2E=0D=0A> =0D=0A[snip]=
=0D=0A> =0D=0A> You may be able to do some kind of recursive cast that, in =
one sweep=0D=0A> of your data structure, encodes all str objects into bytes=
 using a=0D=0A> given encoding (or the reverse thereof)=2E But I don't thin=
k this is the=0D=0A> best way to do things=2E=0D=0A=0D=0AI would think the =
best way is to convert as you load the data=2E=0D=0AThat way everything is =
in the correct format as you manipulate=0D=0Aand generate new data=2E=0D=0A=
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