Feb. 9, 2012
7:31 p.m.
Isn't that more accurate for framework writers, rather than for "average" users? How often do average users have to address encoding/decoding in Python 3?
Constantly. As a Python noob I tried Python 3 it was the first wall I encountered. I had to learn Unicode right then and there. Fortunately, the Python docs HOWTO on Unicode is excellent.