[Python-Dev] PEP-393/PEP-3118: unicode format specifiers (original) (raw)

martin at v.loewis.de martin at v.loewis.de
Wed Mar 7 12:39:51 CET 2012

The main reason why I raised the issue is this: If Python-3.3 is shipped with 'u' -> UCS4 in the array module and then someone figures out that the above format codes are a great idea, we'd be stuck with yet another format code incompatibility.

Ah. I think the array module should maintain compatibility with Python 3.2, i.e. "u" should continue to denote Py_UNICODE, i.e. 7fa098f6dc6a should be reverted.

It may be that the 'u' code is not particularly useful, but AFAICT, it never was useful.

Regards, Martin

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