[Patches] [ python-Patches-413333 ] Improved support for unicode conversions

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Patches item #413333, was opened at 2001-04-02 23:31
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Category: Core (C code)
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Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Brian Quinlan (bquinlan)
Assigned to: M.-A. Lemburg (lemburg)
Summary: Improved support for unicode conversions

Initial Comment:
This patch is designed to increase the flexibility of 
the unicode conversion function. The proposed strategy 
is:

def unicode( val )
    if type( val ) == type.UnicodeType:
        return val
    else:
        return str_to_unicode( str( val ) )

This makes it possible to perform operations such as:

unicode( 5 ) => u'5'

without generating an exception.


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>Comment By: M.-A. Lemburg (lemburg)
Date: 2001-09-20 03:51

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I like the idea since it synchronizes str() and unicode() in terms of semantics. The patch is too radical though: the 
str() approach should only be used if everything else fails.


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Comment By: Martin v. Löwis (loewis)
Date: 2001-07-18 23:48

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I recommend to close this patch, as suggested by the 
submitter.


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Comment By: Brian Quinlan (bquinlan)
Date: 2001-04-22 11:45

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I would propose ignoring this patch, leaving the existing 
function as is, and adding an additional function to 
unicodeobject.c that does this. 

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Comment By: Guido van Rossum (gvanrossum)
Date: 2001-04-10 14:35

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Too late for 2.1 -- no functionality changes allowed.

Assigned to Marc-Andre, who's in charge of Unicode.


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