[Python-3000] Support for PEP 3131 (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Fri May 25 09:09:48 CEST 2007


In almost every programming situation I've been in, I've had to deal with environmental issues, even though my character set of choice has never been the primary issue.

People can certainly adjust to whatever challenges technology confronts them with (some people can do that easier, some have more difficulties). Still, beautiful is better than ugly.

I think there are things that can be done here, even if we make Python's default mode to be ascii-pure. Regional distros can set the environment appropriately. Python error messages about non-ascii characters can suggest how to enable the -U flag. The Tokyo Python User's Group can educate programmers, etc.

Yes, but these are all work-arounds for an avoidable ugliness.

Regards, Martin



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