[Python-Dev] Decoding incomplete unicode

[Walter Dörwald]

M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

> Walter Dörwald wrote:
> 
>> Without the feed method(), we need the following:
>>
>> 1) A StreamQueue class that
>>    a) supports writing at one end and reading at the other end
>>    b) has a method for pushing back unused bytes to be returned
>>       in the next call to read()
> 
> Right.

As already stated in a previous post, I don't think StreamQueue
needs a pushback() method. trailing bytes should all be stored
in the StreamReader.

> It also needs a method giving the number of pending bytes in
> the queue or just an API .has_pending_data() that returns
> True/False.

What would this method be used for?

Bye,
    Walter Dörwald