[Python-Dev] The -U flag

[Guido van Rossum]

> IMO, UTF-8 locales will replace everything else on Linux in the long
> run. Otherwise, system-wide files (and file names) will be restricted
> to ASCII forever, and people will not accept not having accented and
> CJK characters in /etc/passwd, for their real names. I expect other
> Unices to take a similar direction.

We'll be in for lots of niggling little bug reports then, as RH 8.0
conquers the world... :-(

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