[Python-Dev] Bug or feature? Unicode vs t# (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Thu, 11 Oct 2001 17:22:33 -0400

My real question is whether there is any value in having Unicode objects expose their internal representation to Python programmers through the buffer interface?

I used to think so, but I no longer believe this. UTF-16 should be an encoding and that's that.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)