[Python-Dev] unicode hell/mixing str and unicode as dictionary keys (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Tue Aug 8 01:27:24 CEST 2006

David Hopwood schrieb:

Michael Foord wrote:

David Hopwood wrote:[snip..]

we should, of course, continue to use the one we always used (for "ascii", there is no difference between the two). +1

This seems the most (only ?) logical solution. No; always considering Unicode and non-ASCII byte strings to be distinct is just as logical. I think you must have misread my comment:

Indeed. The misunderstanding originates from your sentence starting with "no", when, in fact, you seem to be supporting the proposal I made.

Regards, Martin

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