[Python-Dev] Unicode source code

Just van Rossum just@letterror.com
Sun, 9 Feb 2003 16:53:47 +0100


M.-A. Lemburg wrote:

> Just van Rossum wrote:
> > Now that PEP 263 is in place (yet hotly debated on c.l.py ;-),
> > wouldn't it be fairly small step to fully support unicode strings
> > in compile(), eval() and exec? I notice these still attempt to
> > convert unicode to 8 bit with the default encoding, which isn't
> > very useful.
> 
> Patches are most welcome.

Some guidance on where to look is more than welcome.

Just