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Re: bug or feature in enum34 py2.7 backport?

From random832@fastmail.us
Subject Re: bug or feature in enum34 py2.7 backport?
Date 2014-11-26 10:32 -0500
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On Wed, Nov 26, 2014, at 09:40, Chris Angelico wrote:
> I'd say that's a limitation, not a bug. A lot of stuff in Python 2
> depends on identifiers being ASCII-only byte strings, including -
> apparently - parts of the core code.

But why shouldn't the type constructor do the conversion (and any
validation of being ASCII-only) when parsing the arguments? The root
cause seems to be that it parses its arguments with "SO!O!:type"
(typeobject.c, line 2097). Does anyone know what problems would be
caused, in general, by having S do a conversion if provided with a
unicode object?

It seems like if it is a bug to reject long where int is accepted, it
should be likewise considered a bug to reject ASCII-only unicode where
str is accepted.

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bug or feature in enum34 py2.7 backport? Mark Summerfield <list@qtrac.plus.com> - 2014-11-26 03:29 -0800
  Re: bug or feature in enum34 py2.7 backport? random832@fastmail.us - 2014-11-26 09:05 -0500
  Re: bug or feature in enum34 py2.7 backport? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-27 01:40 +1100
    Re: bug or feature in enum34 py2.7 backport? Mark Summerfield <list@qtrac.plus.com> - 2014-11-26 07:14 -0800
      Re: bug or feature in enum34 py2.7 backport? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-27 02:17 +1100
  Re: bug or feature in enum34 py2.7 backport? random832@fastmail.us - 2014-11-26 10:32 -0500
  Re: bug or feature in enum34 py2.7 backport? Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-11-27 02:46 +1100
  Re: bug or feature in enum34 py2.7 backport? Ethan Furman <ethan@stoneleaf.us> - 2014-11-26 08:58 -0800
  Re: bug or feature in enum34 py2.7 backport? Terry Reedy <tjreedy@udel.edu> - 2014-11-26 16:16 -0500

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