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Sat Feb 18 01:20:15 CET 2006 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-February/061318.html

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

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