Python was designed (was Re: Multi-threading in Python vs Java)

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Le lundi 14 octobre 2013 21:18:59 UTC+2, John Nagle a écrit :

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>     No, Python went through the usual design screwups.  Look at how
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> painful the slow transition to Unicode was, from just "str" to
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> Unicode strings, ASCII strings, byte strings, byte arrays,
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> 16 and 31 bit character builds, and finally automatic switching
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> between rune widths. [...]


Yes, a real disaster.

This "poor" Python is spending its time in reencoding
when necessary, without counting the fact it's necessary to
check if reencoding is needed.

Where is Unicode? Away.

jmf