On Mon, Nov 24, 2014 at 5:57 PM, Marko Rauhamaa <ma...@pacujo.net> wrote: > Yes, people call strings "Unicdoe strings" because Python2 *did have* > unicode strings separate from regular strings: > > Python2 Python3 > -------------------------------------- > string bytes (byte string) > unicode string string > > > In Python2 days, Unicode was a fancy, exotic datatype for the > connoisseurs. The rest used strings. Python3 supposedly elevates Unicode > to boring normalcy. Now it's bytes that have fallen into (unmerited) > disfavor.
Py3's byte strings are still strings, though. People don't use bytearray for everything. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
