[I18n-sig] Python and Unicode == Britain and the Euro?

[Andy Robinson]

[Marc-Andre]
> Note that we are not moving to *one* new string type, but instead
> make use of object orientation and fit the current use of strings
> into different subclasses of a binary string type:
> 
>                   binary data string *)
>                          |
>                          |
>                   text data string 
>                     |           |
>                     |           |
>          Unicode string      encoded 8-bit string (with encoding 
>            *)                                      information !)
> 
> *) these are implemented in Python 1.6-2.1.
> 
> The basic idea here is to differentiate between text data and
> binary data.
> 

Thanks. It's finally starting to make sense to me.    

- Andy