[Python-Dev] New Py_UNICODE doc

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Sat May 7 15:24:49 CEST 2005


Nicholas Bastin wrote:
> Yes, but the important question here is why would we want that?  Why
> doesn't Python just have *one* internal representation of a Unicode
> character?  Having more than one possible definition just creates
> problems, and provides no value.

It does provide value, there are good reasons for each setting. Which
of the two alternatives do you consider useless?

Regards,
Martin


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