[issue13432] Encoding alias "unicode"

[Georg Brandl]

Georg Brandl <georg at python.org> added the comment:

Definitely; this will just serve to create more confusion for beginners over what a Unicode string is:

unicodestring.encode('unicode')   <- WTF?

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nosy: +georg.brandl
resolution:  -> rejected
status: open -> closed

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