[Python-Dev] Internal representation of strings and Micropython

[Chris Angelico]

On Wed, Jun 4, 2014 at 8:38 PM, Paul Sokolovsky <pmiscml at gmail.com> wrote:
> And I'm saying that not to discourage Unicode addition to MicroPython,
> but to hint that "force-force" approach implemented by CPython3 and
> causing rage and split in the community is not appreciated.

FWIW, it's Python 3 (the language) and not CPython 3.x (the
implementation) that specifies Unicode strings in this way. I don't
know why it has to cause a split in the community; this is the one way
to make sure *everyone's* strings work perfectly, rather than having
ASCII strings work fine and others start tripping over problems in
various APIs.

ChrisA