On 2016-12-17 10:06, Serhiy Storchaka wrote: > On 16.12.16 21:24, Guido van Rossum wrote: >> e.g. the argument to getattr() -- I still hear of code that breaks due >> to this occasionally) > > What is the problem with unicode in getattr()? Unicode attribute name is > converted to str, and since the result is cached, this even don't add > much overhead.
It breaks the str optimization of dicts. Dict with str-only keys are special-cased in Python 2. Christian _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
