[Python-bugs-list] s='somestring' still produces a ASCII string (PR#267)
Barry A. Warsaw
bwarsaw@cnri.reston.va.us
Mon, 3 Apr 2000 09:11:42 -0400 (EDT)
>>>>> "ajung" == <ajung@suxers.de> writes:
| Full_Name: Andreas Jung
| Version: Python 1.6a1
| OS: Solaris 2.7
| Submission from: flix.sz-sb.de (193.141.187.2)
ajung> According to Guido's posting a statement like s = '....'
ajung> should produce a unicode string. However type(s) says that
ajung> s is a standard string - not a unicode one.
Look closely of the date of Guido's post; it was an April Fools joke.
But hey, even I was fooled for a minute or two :)
-Barry