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Re: using binary in python

From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: using binary in python
Date 2015-11-10 02:17 +1100
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On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 1:32 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:
> Yes, and lists and dicts and ints and objects and all. No problem there.
>
> However, when filenames and sys.stdin deal with text, things are getting
> iffy.

So where do you mark the boundary between the human and the OS? If I
create a GUI, I should be able to put an entry field down that accepts
Unicode text. And if I make a web form and an HTTP server, a user
should be able to type Unicode text into an <input> field and send
that along. Either way, my program should get a Unicode string. Why
shouldn't I be able to do the same with input()? And why, if a user
enters a plausible file name, should that not be able to be opened as
a file?

At what point do you say "this is for humans, this is for machines"?
Isn't it Python's job to spare us that hassle?

ChrisA

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Re: using binary in python Michiel Overtoom <motoom@xs4all.nl> - 2015-11-09 11:40 +0100
  Re: using binary in python Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-11-09 12:56 +0200
    Re: using binary in python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-09 22:04 +1100
      Re: using binary in python Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-11-09 15:25 +0200
        Re: using binary in python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-10 00:52 +1100
          Re: using binary in python Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-11-09 16:32 +0200
            Re: using binary in python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-10 02:17 +1100
              Re: using binary in python Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-11-09 17:46 +0200
                Re: using binary in python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2015-11-10 02:57 +1100
                Re: using binary in python Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2015-11-09 18:17 +0200

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