On Sunday, November 26, 2017 at 1:00:19 AM UTC+1, Terry Reedy wrote: > You must be trying to compile 2.7. There may be Linux distributions > that compile this way.
You're right, I need 2.7. Any hint which distro has got these settings? > If you want to seriously work with unicode, many recommend using modern > Python. I have to fix a bug in my C extension that appears only in UCS-2 python (i.e. Windows). I can reboot to Windows and debug there, but it's pain in a neck for various reasons. w. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list