[Cython] Preparing the language level change

[Stefan Behnel]

John Ehresman schrieb am 25.09.2018 um 16:27:
> On 9/25/18 1:24 AM, Stefan Behnel wrote:
>> I started off with "unicode_literals=False", and then renamed it because
>> this name didn't cover the change of "str" to "unicode" (i.e. renaming the
>> usages of the builtin type internally, so that "str(x)" actually calls
>> "unicode(x)").
>>
>> Looks like this bikeshed needs painting, so let's have a quick(!)
>> discussion or vote.
>>
>> - should this feature touch the builtin type at all?
>>
>> - more opinions on the name?
> 
> I think the name str_is_str will be confusing to developers who begin with
> Python 3 because they'll probably assume str is unicode.

It is unicode for them, at least in Py3. In Py2, it's str. Thus the name
"str_is_str", it's "str" in both versions.

Stefan