hi,
i guess that anyone reading this pep will agree that
*something* must be done to the state of unicode affairs
in python. there are zillions of modules out there that
have str() scattered all over the place, and they all
*break* on the first mention of düsseldorf...
i'm not quite sure myself h
"Terry Reedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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>> 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 wi
> 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 title is perhaps a little too grandiose but it's the best I
could think of. The change is really not large. Personally, I
would be happy enough if only %s was changed and the built-in was
not added. Please comment.
Neil
PEP: 349
Title: Generalised String Coercion
Version: $Rev
