[Python-3000] u'text' as an alias for 'text'?

[Barry Warsaw]

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On Mar 20, 2008, at 2:48 AM, Lennart Regebro wrote:

> So, please allow u'' in Python 3.0! With that change, my
> porting/compatibility worried would be gone, and  you would be able to
> choose between the three porting strategies dependningon how your code
> base and user base looks: 1. Clean break. 2. Syncing with 2to3, 3.
> Supporting both 2.6 and 3.0.

I proposed what I think is a better solution.  Add

from __future__ import unicode_strings

to Py2.6.  That would let you write Py3k compatible strings (and of  
course byte literals) in 2.6.  It would essential treat 'foo' as  
u'foo' in the file with the future import.

- -Barry

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