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

M.-A. Lemburg mal@lemburg.com
Fri, 26 Apr 2002 19:03:12 +0200

Skip Montanaro wrote:

mal> In the long run, I think that the Unicode type should be used for mal> all text data and strings for binary data of unknown encoding. In that case, I would suggest you call "string" something else.

That would call for world revolution and again put Unicode in a bad light. I'd rather not ;-)

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