Python - Next Release Questions

[Warren Postma]

>
> UTF-8 != ASCII.
>
> (and I doubt people in the US and the UK make up
> 99% of all Unix users -- the rest of us tend to use
> 8-bit character sets that are definitely not UTF-8
> compatible...)

Thou hast indeed caught me flat footed!

I confess I thought UTF-8 was a clever renaming/co-opting of ASCII. You
know, embrace and extend, kinda like Microsoft....

Warren