[Python-Dev] Divorcing str and unicode (no moreimplicit conversions). (original) (raw)

Fredrik Lundh fredrik at pythonware.com
Mon Oct 3 16:39:54 CEST 2005


Antoine Pitrou wrote:

> > A good rule of thumb is to convert to unicode everything that is > > semantically textual > > and isn't pure ASCII.

How can you be sure that something that is /semantically textual/ will always remain "pure ASCII" ?

"is" != "will always remain"



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