[Python-Dev] test_support.have_unicode
Christian Heimes
lists at cheimes.de
Tue Mar 18 15:04:03 CET 2008
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
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