[Python-Dev] PEP 414 (original) (raw)

Barry Warsaw barry at python.org
Fri Mar 2 20:41:07 CET 2012

On Mar 02, 2012, at 02:48 PM, Nick Coghlan wrote:

Consider: an application that uses 8-bit strings everywhere and blows up on non-ASCII data in Python 2 has at least a fighting chance to run unmodified and handle Unicode properly on Python 3. Because unicode literals are gone, a Unicode-aware Python 2 application currently has no chance to run unmodified on Python 3.

On its face, this statement is incorrect.

It might be accurate if qualified by saying "a Unicode-aware Python 2 web application". I say "might" because I'm not an expert on web frameworks so I defer to those who are. It certainly can't be applied to the entire universe of Unicode-aware Python 2 applications.

Accordingly, I'd like to ask folks not to stress too much about the precise wording until I get a chance to update it over the weekend :)

/me takes a deep breath. :)

-Barry

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