[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