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

[Jim Jewett]

Greg Ewing asked:

> Would it help if an identifier were required to be
> made up of letters from the same alphabet, e.g. all
> Latin or all Greek or all Cyrillic, but not a mixture.

Probably, yes, though there could still be problems
mixing within a program.

FWIW, the Opera web browser is already using
a similar solution.  Domain names are limited to
Latin-1 *unless* the top-level registrar has a
policy to prevent spoofing.

-jJ