[Python-Dev] Allowing Unicode literals even without Unicode support?

[Guido van Rossum]

>     GvR> Should we perhaps silently interpret Unicode literals as
>     GvR> regular string literals when compiling without Unicode
>     GvR> support?
> 
> +1, perhaps with a Warning?
> 
> -Barry

Adding the warning causes more code, while the only point of compiling
without it is to have *less* code.  Also, it would just cause tons of
warnings when running the tests with Unicode disabled.

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