4 Sep
2004
4 Sep
'04
8:23 a.m.
Raymond Hettinger wrote:
The PEP was about simplification. Tossing in unnecessary unicode coercions is not in line with that goal.
Does anyone else think this is a crummy idea?
Yes. Whatever MAL and Barry thinks, Python's current model is 8+8=8, U+U=U, and 8+U=U for ascii U. That's an advantage, not a bug.
Is everyone ready for unicode coercions to start sprouting everywhere?
No. And when that time comes, storing everything as 32-bit characters is not the right answer either. </F>