[Python-Dev] Divorcing str and unicode (no more implicitconversions).

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> however, for Python 3000, it would be nice if the source-code encoding applied
> to the *entire* file (XML-style), rather than just unicode string literals and (hope-
> fully) comments and docstrings.

As MAL explains, the encoding currently does apply to the entire file.
However, because of the Python syntax, you are restricted to ASCII
in many places, such as keywords, number literals, and (unfortunately)
identifiers. Lifting the restriction on identifiers is on my agenda.

Regards,
Martin