[wxpython-users] What does "name=3D" do?

[Mike Driscoll]

Kevin & Robin,
> I keep seeing posts lately that have "name=3D" in their code (or 
> >> variations thereof).  What is this? I'm not finding much on Google. 
> >> Can someone give me use cases?
> > 
> > It's actually just "name", =3D is just something that mail clients add 
> > for some reason. If you look at those messages again, you'll see =3D all 
> > over the place.
>
> =3D is how '=' is encoded in quoted-printable messages.  3D is the hex 
> value of the ascii code for '='.
>
> So what those messages were trying to write about is using the 
> name='some value' parameter when creating widgets, but somebody got the 
> 3D in as part of their quoting of previous message, or copy/paste or 
> something.
>
>
>   
> -- Robin Dunn

Ok. I thought that was what it was the first time I saw the 3D, but then 
I saw some posts yesterday that acted like "name=3D" was the greatest 
thing since sliced bread. I already knew about the "name" parameter from 
when I was messing with XRC.

Mike