[Python-Dev] bytes.from_hex() [Was: PEP 332 revival in coordination with pep 349?]

Sat Feb 18 01:20:15 CET 2006

Ian Bicking wrote:
> Maybe it isn't worse, but the real alternative is:
>> import zlib
> import base64
>> base64.b64encode(zlib.compress(s))
>> Encodings cover up eclectic interfaces, where those interfaces fit a
> basic pattern -- data in, data out.

So should I write
3.1415.encode("sin")
or would that be
3.1415.decode("sin")
What about
"http://www.python.org".decode("URL")
It's "data in, data out", after all. Who needs functions?
Regards,
Martin