[Python-Dev] email package status in 3.X

Mon Jun 21 20:08:42 CEST 2010

Barry Warsaw writes:
 > Would it make sense to have "encoding-carrying" bytes and str
 > types?
Why limit that to bytes and str? Why not have all objects carry their
serializer/deserializer around with them?
I think the answer is "no", though, because (1) it would constitute an
attractive nuisance (the default would be abused, it would work fine
in Kansas, and all hell would break loose in Kagoshima, simply
delaying the pain and/or passing it on to third parties), and (2) you
really want this under control of higher level objects that have
access to some knowledge of the environment, rather than the lowest
level.