[Python-Dev] Need a way to test for 8-bit-or-unicode-string
M.-A. Lemburg
mal@lemburg.com
Fri, 05 Oct 2001 20:21:29 +0200
"Barry A. Warsaw" wrote:
>
> >>>>> "M" == M <mal@lemburg.com> writes:
>
> M> Are you sure about the -1 ? Using abstract base classes seems
> M> like a natural thing to do in an OO-language like Python while
> M> the isinstance() hack would not allow you to use your own
> M> UserList subclass for code which was written with sequences as
> M> input.
>
> Yes, I'm sure: we need a PEP first. Ideally it would answer some of
> the questions raised above, and it would lay out the class hierarchy.
Maybe I wasn't clear enough:
Of course we need a PEP for these names, their intended meaning
as object category abstraction and interface placeholder. Too late
for Python 2.2, but probably a nice project for 2.3.
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