FYI, I've uploaded a new version of the proposal which incorporates many things we have discussed lately, e.g. the buffer interface, "s#" vs. "t#", etc. The latest version of the proposal is available at: http://starship.skyport.net/~lemburg/unicode-proposal.txt Older versions are available as: http://starship.skyport.net/~lemburg/unicode-proposal-X.X.txt Some POD (points of discussion) that are still open: · Unicode objects support for %-formatting · specifying StreamCodecs -- Marc-Andre Lemburg ______________________________________________________________________ Y2000: 45 days left Business: http://www.lemburg.com/ Python Pages: http://www.lemburg.com/python/