Re: [Ironpython-users] string/unicode

2016-09-23 Thread Kuno Meyer
I think it is a misinterpretation that this topic goes away with Python3. Both Python2 and Python3 provide *two* string types. Hence, having a second string type in IronPython would certainly help Python2 compatibility as well as Python3 compatibility.   I don't agree with your statement about .

Re: [Ironpython-users] string/unicode

2016-09-19 Thread Markus Schaber
Hi, Pawel, I’m not that deep into the inner workings of IronPython string handling, my impression until now was that we just used the .NET Strings 1:1, using clever binding for the members. For your approach, I think we we’d need our own wrapper instance around the .NET String objects, so the

Re: [Ironpython-users] string/unicode

2016-09-17 Thread Tim Orling
As usual, I agree with you Pawel :) That said, I don't have a lot of "handcrafted tweaks for str/unicode aliasing", so it's easy for me to dismiss that negative. To me, your proposal sounds elegant, but I am open to consensus. --Tim On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 3:13 AM, Pawel Jasinski wrote: > hi,