"Terry Reedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> 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.
PEP 3000, Core Language, Bullet Point 3: Make all strings be Unicode, and have a separate bytes() type. John Roth > Terry J. Reedy -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
