[Python-Dev] PEP 414 - Unicode Literals for Python 3

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Am 26.02.2012 07:06, schrieb Nick Coghlan:
> On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
>> A small quibble: I'd like to see a benchmark of a 'u' function implemented in C.
> 
> Even if it was quite fast, I don't think such a function would bring
> the same benefits as restoring support for u'' literals.

You claim that, but your argument doesn't actually support that claim
(or I fail to see the argument).

> 
> Using myself as an example, my work projects (such as PulpDist [1])
> are currently written to target Python 2.6, since that's the system
> Python on RHEL 6. As a web application, PulpDist has unicode literals
> *everywhere*, but (as Armin pointed out to me), turning on "from
> __future__ import unicode_literals" in every file would be incorrect,

Right. So you shouldn't use the __future__ import, but the u() function.

> IIRC, I've previously opposed the restoration of unicode literals as a
> retrograde step. Looking at the implications for the future migration
> of PulpDist has changed my mind.

Did you try to follow the path of the u() function?

Regards,
Martin