[Python-ideas] PEP 540: Add a new UTF-8 mode

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Oleg Broytman writes:

 > On Thu, Jan 05, 2017 at 04:38:22PM +0100, Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com> wrote:

 > > Since UTF-8 became the defacto encoding, it makes sense to always
 > > use it on all platforms with any locale.
 > 
 >    Please don't!

I've quoted Victor out of context, and his other posts make me very
doubtful that he considers this a serious alternative.  That said, I'm
+1 on "don't!"