[Python-Dev] Unicode debate (original) (raw)

Andrew M. Kuchling akuchlin@mems-exchange.org
Wed, 3 May 2000 10:12:06 -0400 (EDT)

Guido van Rossum writes:

been on the wish list for a long time -- I see no way to introduce this into Python 1.6 without totally botching the release schedule (June 1st is very close already!). I'd like to be able to move on,

My suggested criterion is that 1.6 not screw things up in a way that we'll regret when 1.7 rolls around. UTF-8 probably does back us into a corner that

(And can we choose a mailing list for discussing this and stick to it? This is being cross-posted to three lists: python-dev, i18-sig, and xml-sig! i18-sig only, maybe? Or string-sig?)

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