> PEP: 349 > Title: Generalised String Coercion ... > Rationale > Python has had a Unicode string type for some time now but use of > it is not yet widespread. There is a large amount of Python code > that assumes that string data is represented as str instances. > The long term plan for Python is to phase out the str type and use > unicode for all string data.
This PEP strikes me as premature, as putting the toy wagon before the horse, since it is premised on a major change to Python, possibly the most disruptive and controversial ever, being a done deal. However there is, as far as I could find no PEP on Making Strings be Unicode, let alone a discussed, debated, and finalized PEP on the subject. > Clearly, a smooth migration path must be provided. Of course. But the path depends on the detailed final target, which has not, as far as I know, has been finalized, and certainly not in the needed PEP. Your proposal might be part of the transition section of such a PEP or of a separate migration path PEP. Terry J. Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
