imaplib: is this really so unwieldy?

[Peter J. Holzer]

On 2021-05-26 08:34:28 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote:
> Yes, any given string has a single width, which makes indexing fast.
> The memory cost you're describing can happen, but apart from a BOM
> widening an otherwise-ASCII string to 16-bit, there aren't many cases
> where you'll get a single wide character in a narrow string.

A single emoji in a long English text.

> Usually, if there are any wide characters, there'll be a good number
> of them

Oh, right. People who use emoji usually use a lot of them 😉.

        hp

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