Guido van Rossum wrote: > I think it would be best to do this as a CPython configuration option > just like it's done today. You can choose 4-byte or 2-byte Unicode > (essentially UCS-4 or UTF-16) in order to be compatible with other > packages on the platform. Yes, 4-byte gives better Unicode support. > But 2-bytes may be more compatible with other stuff on the platform. > Too bad .NET and Java don't have this option. :-)
the UCS2/UCS4 linking problems is a minor pain in the ass, though. maybe this is best done via a run-time setting? </F> _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
