str() should convert ANY object to a string without EXCEPTIONS !

[est]

On Sep 28, 6:15 pm, Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch <bj_... at gmx.net> wrote:
> On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 01:35:11 -0700, est wrote:
> >> Because that's how ASCII is defined.
> >> Because that's how ASCII is defined.  ASCII is a 7-bit code.
>
> > Then why can't python use another default encoding internally
> > range(256)?
>
> Because that doesn't suffice.  Unicode code points can be >255.
>
> > If Python choose another default encoding which handles range(256), 80%
> > of python unicode encoding problems are gone.
>
> 80% of *your* problems with it *seems* to be gone then.
>
> > It's not HARD to process unicode, it's just python & python community
> > refuse to correct it.
>
> It is somewhat hard to deal with unicode because many don't want to think
> about it or don't grasp the relationship between encodings, byte values,
> and characters.  Including you.
>
> >> stop dreaming of a magic solution
>
> > It's not 'magic' it's a BUG. Just print 0x7F to 0xFF to console, what's
> > wrong????
>
> What do you mean by "just print 0x7F to 0xFF"?  For example if I have ``s
> = u'Smørebrød™'`` what bytes should ``str(s)`` produce and why those and
> not others?
>
> >> Isn't that more or less the same as telling the OP to use unicode()
> >> instead of str()?
>
> > sockets could handle str() only. If you throw unicode objects to a
> > socket, it will automatically call str() and cause an error.
>
> Because *you* have to tell explicitly how the unicode object should be
> encoded as bytes.  Python can't do this automatically because it has *no
> idea* what the process at the other end of the socket expects.
>
> Now you are complaining that Python chooses ASCII.  If it is changed to
> something else, like MBCS, others start complaining why it is MBCS and
> not something different.  See: No fix, just moving the problem to someone
> else.
>
> Ciao,
>         Marc 'BlackJack' Rintsch

Well, you succeseded in putting all blame to myself alone. Great.

When you guy's are dealing with CJK characters in the future, you'll
find out what I mean.

In fact Boa Constructor keeps prompting ASCII and range(128) error on
my Windows. That's pretty cool.