Python's 8-bit cleanness deprecated?

[Roman Suzi]

I've made some summary again (please correct me if I misunderstood):

pro PEP-0263:
  Brian Quinlan <brian at sweetapp.com>
  M.-A. Lemburg <mal at lemburg.com>    (PEP's author)
  Jp Calderone <exarkun at intarweb.us>
  Michael Hudson <mwh at python.net> 
  Scott David Daniels <Scott.Daniels at Acm.Org>  (bytes vs. symbols)
  Erik Max Francis <max at alcyone.com>
  Terry Reedy <tjreedy at udel.edu>  (?)
  Neil Hodgson <nhodgson at bigpond.net.au>
  John Roth <johnroth at ameritech.net>

contra:
  Roman Suzi <rnd at onego.ru>          
  Kirill Simonov <kirill_simonov at mail.ru>    (is willing to patch)
  Chris Liechti <cliechti at gmx.net>   (bad for newbies)
  Mike C. Fletcher <mcfletch at rogers.com>
  Simo Salminen <simo_salminen at iki.fi>
  Carlos Ribeiro <cribeiro at mail.inet.com.br>
  Paul Rubin <phr-n2003b at NOSPAMnightsong.com>           (against comment)
  Just <just at xs4all.nl>                                 (against comment)
  Bengt Richter <bokr at oz.net>                           (against comment)
  Dale Strickland-Clark <dale at riverhall.NOTHANKS.co.uk> (against comment)
  Laura Creighton <lac at strakt.com>                      (against comment)

? or 0:
  Skip Montanaro <skip at pobox.com>      (control via site.py)
  Francois Pinard <pinard at iro.umontreal.ca>
  Alex Martelli <aleax at aleax.it>
  Anders J. Munch <andersjm at dancontrol.dk>
  Jeff Epler <jepler at unpythonic.net>
  Andrew Bennetts <andrew-pythonlist at puzzling.org>


This "statistics" shows that those who use some extension of ASCII
are concerned.

However, I'd liked to hear people from Asia. What are you thinking
about PEP-0263? Is it good, neutral or bad for you? Please, voice
your opinion as it not too late to change Python behaviour to better
suit our needs.


Sincerely yours, Roman Suzi
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