[Python-Dev] unicodeobject.c,2.139,2.140 checkin (original) (raw)

Guido van Rossum guido@python.org
Fri, 26 Apr 2002 08:19:38 -0400

In the long run, I think that the Unicode type should be used for all text data and strings for binary data of unknown encoding.

I think you're underestimating the tenacity of ASCII and Latin-1.

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