Gregory P. Smith <g...@krypto.org> added the comment:
We can't change it or remove it, it is public by virtue of its name. We should document it. Removing or renaming it to be _private requires a PendingDeprecationWarning -> DeprecationWarning -> removal cycle. it is well known and used. https://stackoverflow.com/questions/14820429/how-do-i-decodestring-escape-in-python3/23151714#23151714 ---------- nosy: +gregory.p.smith, njs versions: +Python 3.8 -Python 3.3, Python 3.4, Python 3.5, Python 3.6 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue30588> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
