=?ISO-8859-15?Q?=22Martin_v=2E_L=F6wis=22?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> We have come up with a transition strategy, allowing existing > libraries to widen their support from byte strings to character > strings. This isn't a simple task, so many libraries still expect > and return byte strings, when they should process character strings. > Instead of breaking the libraries right away, we have defined > a transitional mechanism, which allows to add Unicode support > to libraries as the need arises. This transition is still in > progress. > > Eventually, the primary string type should be the Unicode > string. If you are curious how far we are still off that goal, > just try running your program with the -U option. Is it possible to specify a byte string literal when running with the -U option? Thomas -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
