[Python-Dev] test_support.have_unicode

[Christian Heimes]

Martin v. Löwis schrieb:
> It's still intended that you can build Python 2.6 without Unicode
> support, and that the test suite "mostly" works.
> 
> If it doesn't, it's up to users who care about that feature to provide
> fixes, but you should not actively break it.

About two months ago I fixed the most critical bugs but the unicode free 
build is treated like a poor cousin at best. It's neither actively 
developed nor tested in regular intervals. IMO it's a deprecation candiate.

Christian