David Hopwood wrote:[snip..] > > >>> we should, of course, continue to use the one we always used (for >>> "ascii", there is no difference between the two). >>> >> +1 >> >> This seems the most (only ?) logical solution. >> > > No; always considering Unicode and non-ASCII byte strings to be distinct > is just as logical. > Except there has been an implicit promise in Python for years now that ascii byte-strings will compare equally to the unicode equivalent: lots of code assumes this. Breaking this is fine in principle - but for Py3K not Py 2.x.
That means Martin's solution is the best for the current problem. (IMHO of course...) Michael http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/index.shtml _______________________________________________ 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
