On Mon, 1 Feb 2021 17:39:16 +0100 "M.-A. Lemburg" <m...@egenix.com> wrote: > > They should not use Py_UNICODE. > > wchar_t is standard C and is in wide spread use in C code for > storing Unicode data.
Do you have any data points about "wide spread use"? I work in C++ daily and don't see any "wide spread use" of wchar_t (or its C++ cousin std::wstring). Modern APIs assume bytestrings and UTF-8 encoding. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list -- python-dev@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-dev-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-dev.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-dev@python.org/message/QGSPEEYFOYZR6PVPH5NOQWF4HMHVNTP6/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/