[Python-Dev] please consider changing --enable-unicode default to ucs4

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Zooko O'Whielacronx wrote:
> I'm sorry, I should have mentioned that I did read those archives
> before I posted my letter.  That discussion was all about whether UCS2
> or UCS4 is better.  I consider that question to be mostly irrelevant
> to this issue, which is about compatibility for people who don't
> choose to configure that setting themselves. 

You surely must have missed the sentence

"For that reason I think it's also better that the configure script
continues to default to UTF-16 -- this will give the UTF-16 support
code the necessary exercise."

This is effectively a BDFL pronouncement. Nothing has changed the
validity of the premise of the statement, so the conclusion remains
valid, as well.

Regards,
Martin