Re: [Python-Dev] Need a way to test for 8-bit-or-unicode-string

Guido van Rossum wrote:

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Now that the introduction of a class hierarchy is dead,

Is it ? I didn't see any messages on the list saying that the idea is dead -- only that a PEP is needed and that it cannot be done for 2.2.

Sorry, I meant that the introduction of a hierarchy in 2.2 is dead. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)