unicode() vs. s.decode()

[alex23]

Thorsten Kampe <thors... at thorstenkampe.de> wrote:
> Bollocks. No one will even notice whether a code sequence runs 2.7 or
> 5.7 seconds. That's completely artificial benchmarking.

But that's not what you first claimed:

> I don't think any measurable speed increase will be
> noticeable between those two.

But please, keep changing your argument so you don't have to admit you
were wrong.