[Python-checkins] r88891 - peps/trunk/pep-0393.txt

martin.v.loewis python-checkins at python.org
Thu Aug 25 10:25:26 CEST 2011


Author: martin.v.loewis
Date: Thu Aug 25 10:25:26 2011
New Revision: 88891

Log:
Reflect Antoine's comments.


Modified:
   peps/trunk/pep-0393.txt

Modified: peps/trunk/pep-0393.txt
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--- peps/trunk/pep-0393.txt	(original)
+++ peps/trunk/pep-0393.txt	Thu Aug 25 10:25:26 2011
@@ -213,11 +213,16 @@
 It makes the implementation more complex. That's true, but considered
 worth given the gains.
 
-The Py_Unicode representation is not instantaneously available,
+The Py_UNICODE representation is not instantaneously available,
 slowing down applications that request it. While this is also true,
 applications that care about this problem can be rewritten to use the
 str representation.
 
+The question was raised whether the wchar_t representation is
+discouraged, or scheduled for removal. This is not the intent of this
+PEP; applications that use them will see a performance penalty,
+though. Future versions of Python may consider to remove them.
+
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