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

R. David Murray rdmurray at bitdance.com
Mon Feb 27 18:41:10 CET 2012

On Mon, 27 Feb 2012 09:05:54 -0800, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:

Martin v. Löwis wrote: > 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).

Python 2.6 code: this = u'that' Python 3.3 code: this = u('that') Not source compatible, not elegant. (Even though 2to3 could make this fix, it's still kinda ugly.)

Eh? The 2.6 version would also be u('that'). That's the whole point of the idiom. You'll need a better counter argument than that.

--David

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