On Monday 16 July 2018 15:04:53 Terry Reedy wrote: > On 7/16/2018 10:54 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Monday 16 July 2018 10:24:28 Marko Rauhamaa wrote: > >> Plus the bytes syntax is really ugly. I wish Python3 had reserved > >> '...' for byte strings and "..." for UTF-32 strings. > > Aside from the fact that Python3 strings are not UTF-32 strings, > this would have broken all the code that used '' and "" > interchangeably and prohibited such conveniences as "In formal > English, do not use don't, isn't, and ain't." > > > From a lurker, that does sound usefull. The next PEP maybe? > > I hope you are joking or teasing Marko. > I wasn't, but obviously didn't consider the ramifications of that on existing programs. My bad. I note that it also elicited a strong defense of the status quo. Expected though, given the tone of this list over the last year or so. So I'll go back to lurking. :) I am here to learn. If I can...
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