text_combined: torsten bronger msirscpphysikrwthaachende hallöchen barry warsaw writes apr 24 2008 618 pm guido van rossum wrote forwarded message benjamin peterson date wed apr 23 2008 732 subject python3000 gettext python 3000 going want keep u variants gettext apis around 30 also unicode parameters install methods dont make much sense 30 dont see could remove 30 perhaps rename nonu variants deprecate wonder makes sense keep unicode version bytes version simplest solution would change gettext return encoded bytes leave ugettext return unicode string dont sense useful encoded translated bytes real world think unicode translation far likely indeed todays perspective see use case getting human text snippets byte strings encoded encoding happened used mo file preferred system encoding question much hassle renamingdeprecation generates existing code might argue renaming ugettext gettext adding something like egettext bgettext method okay think much advantage encoded functions new names given instead renaming also easily use ugettext mimic behaviour otoh current names inspired gnu gettext seems theres much value renaming methods except increase confusion break backward compatibility well hard evaluate however think danger getting silent errors module switch unicode possibly even unicodeonly results gettext likely passed higherlevel functions use switch unicode gettext returning unicode string clearly documented see much harm using different type scheme c gettext acceptable reimplementation another language 2c tschö torsten torsten bronger aquisgrana europa vetus jabber id msirscpjabberorg see httpimewebhoporg contact info _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom fri 08 aug 2008 070700 0200 python3000 gettext