Michael Foord wrote: > 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.
I think you must have misread my comment: No; always considering Unicode and *non-ASCII* byte strings to be distinct is just as logical. This says nothing about comparing Unicode and ASCII byte strings. -- David Hopwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> _______________________________________________ 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
