error when printing a UTF-8 string (python 2.6.2)

[python at bdurham.com]

Hi Peter,

> Just a quick reminder: UTF-8 is not the same as unicode. Python3 works in unicode and by default uses UTF-8 to read from or write into files.

I'm not the OP, but wanted to make sure I was fully understanding your
point.

Are you saying all open() calls in Python that read text files,
automatically convert UTF-8 content to Unicode in the same manner as the
following might when using Python 2.6?

codecs.open( fileName, mode='r', encoding='UTF8', ... )

Thanks for your feedback,

Malcolm