UTF-8 in source code (Re: [Python-Dev] Internationalization Toolkit)

[Guido van Rossum]

> > Like Java, it interprets \u.... when the number of backslashes is odd,
> > but not when it's even.  So \\u.... returns exactly that, while
> > \\\u.... returns two backslashes and a unicode character.
> > 
> > This is nice and can be done regardless of whether we are going to
> > interpret other \ escapes or not.
> 
> So I'll take that as: this is what we want in Python too :-)

I'll reserve judgement until we've got some experience with it in the
field, but it seems the best compromise.  It also gives a clear
explanation about why we have \uXXXX when we already have \xXXXX.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)