-1 on keeping the source encoding of string literals. Python should definitely decode them at compile time.
-1 on decoding implicitly "as needed". This causes decoding to happen late, in unpredictable places. Decodes can fail; they should happen as early and as close to the data source as possible. -j _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
