>>> This would mean that the Unicode type would acquire all of the ambiquity >>> currently associated with the 8-bit str type >> Not necessarily, as this kind of use is typically very localized. >> Remember practicality beats purity. > > Has anyone considered that, depending on the implementation, > a latin1-decoded unicode string could take 2-4 times as much > memory?
I considered it, then ignored it. If you have the need for hashing, the string won't be long. Regards, Martin _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
