[Tutor] Encoding

[Stefan Behnel]

Giorgio, 03.03.2010 09:36:
> i am looking for more informations about encoding in python:
>
> i've read that Amazon SimpleDB accepts every string encoded in UTF-8. How
> can I encode a string?

   byte_string = unicode_string.encode('utf-8')

If you use unicode strings throughout your application, you will be happy 
with the above. Note that this is an advice, not a condition.


> And, what's the default string encoding in python?

"default encodings" are bad, don't rely on them.

Stefan