[XML-SIG] Re: Issues with Unicode type

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Martin v. Loewis wrote:
> Uche Ogbuji <uche.ogbuji@fourthought.com> writes:
> 
> 
>>Oh dear.  Does Guido not understand that currently things are a bit
>>confused and very confusing in Python?
> 
> 
> I think he does. However, he might come to the conclusion that we
> would be better off if the Unicode type had not been added to the
> language :-)
> 
> I think there is also some unpleasant feeling about having to make
> decisions without fully understanding all consequences, together with
> the feeling, that all people who give guidance lack full understanding
> as well...

I book all this under FUD. It'll take a bit of time, but we'll
eventually move there. For now, I think the issues around
surrogates and the need for non-BMP code points in real life
applications are a bit overhyped.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
CEO eGenix.com Software GmbH
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