[Python-Dev] unicode_string future, str -> basestring, fix or feature

[Terry Reedy]

On 3/2/2014 4:23 PM, Serhiy Storchaka wrote:
> 02.03.14 22:01, Terry Reedy написав(ла):
>> Is this a programmer error for passing unicode instead of string, or a
>> library error for not accepting unicode?
>> Is changing 'isinstance(x, str)' in the library (with whatever other
>> changes are needed) a bugfix to be pushed or a prohibited API expansion?
>
> Patches which add support for unicode strings were accepted for one
> issues (e.g. http://bugs.python.org/issue19099) and rejected for other
> issues (e.g. http://bugs.python.org/issue20014 and
> http://bugs.python.org/issue20015). Some issues (e.g.
> http://bugs.python.org/issue18695) hang in undefined state.

If Antoine and Guido don't reverse themselves, those could perhaps be 
re-opened. It strikes me as borderline, depending interpretation of 
'string'. I am not surprised there have been different resolutions.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy