> > When python tries to concatenate a byte string and a unicode string, it > assumes that the byte string is encoded ascii and tries to convert from > encoded ascii to unicode. It calls ascii decoder to do the decoding. If > decoding fails you see message from ascii decoder about the error. > > Serge
Ok I get it now. Sorry for the slowness. I have to say as a lover of python for its simplicity and clarity, the charatcer set thing has been harder than I would have liked to figure out. Thanks for all the help. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
