=?ISO-8859-15?Q?=22Martin_v=2E_L=F6wis=22?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
We have come up with a transition strategy, allowing existing libraries to widen their support from byte strings to character strings. This isn't a simple task, so many libraries still expect and return byte strings, when they should process character strings. Instead of breaking the libraries right away, we have defined a transitional mechanism, which allows to add Unicode support to libraries as the need arises. This transition is still in progress.
Eventually, the primary string type should be the Unicode string. If you are curious how far we are still off that goal, just try running your program with the -U option.
Is it possible to specify a byte string literal when running with the -U option?
Not that I know of. If the 'bytes' type happens, then I'd be a fan of b"" to get a byte string instead of a character string.
Cheers, Nick.
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