[XML-SIG] [OT] working unicode strings

[Martin v. Loewis]

> Ahem, sorry for posting this here, since it is slightly off-topic, but
> this list is a place where I know I'll find people who have played with
> unicode strings in Python.

i18n-sig@python.org is the canonical place.

> The third question is, does anyone know if this state of things is likely
> to change in python 2.2 ?

No, the notion of ASCII being the default encoding will stay.

Of course, as Lars Marius explains, it is quite easy to pick the
output encoding of your choice.

Regards,
Martin