[Python-Dev] PEP 414 (original) (raw)
Vinay Sajip vinay_sajip at yahoo.co.uk
Sun Feb 26 10:05:14 CET 2012
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The PEP does not consider an alternative idea such as using "from future import unicode_literals" in code which needs to run on 2.x, together with e.g. a callable n('xxx') which can be used where native strings are needed. This avoids the need to reintroduce the u'xxx' literal syntax, makes it explicit where native strings are needed, is less obtrusive that u('xxx') or u'xxx' because typically there will be vastly fewer places where you need native strings, and is unlikely to impose a major runtime penalty when compared with u('xxx') (again, because of the lower frequency of occurrence).
Even if you have arguments against this idea, I think it's at least worth mentioning in the PEP with any counter-arguments you have.
Regards,
Vinay Sajip
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