[Python-Dev] PEP 414 - Unicode Literals for Python 3 (original) (raw)

"Martin v. Löwis" martin at v.loewis.de
Mon Feb 27 11:08:52 CET 2012

Am 26.02.2012 07:06, schrieb Nick Coghlan:

On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:

A small quibble: I'd like to see a benchmark of a 'u' function implemented in C. Even if it was quite fast, I don't think such a function would bring the same benefits as restoring support for u'' literals.

You claim that, but your argument doesn't actually support that claim (or I fail to see the argument).

Using myself as an example, my work projects (such as PulpDist [1]) are currently written to target Python 2.6, since that's the system Python on RHEL 6. As a web application, PulpDist has unicode literals everywhere, but (as Armin pointed out to me), turning on "from future import unicodeliterals" in every file would be incorrect,

Right. So you shouldn't use the future import, but the u() function.

IIRC, I've previously opposed the restoration of unicode literals as a retrograde step. Looking at the implications for the future migration of PulpDist has changed my mind.

Did you try to follow the path of the u() function?

Regards, Martin

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