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On 20/11/2012 21:00, Chris Angelico wrote:
>
> To the OP: jmf has an unnatural hatred of Python 3.3 and PEP 393
> strings. Take no notice; the rest of the world sees this as a huge
> advantage. Python is now in a VERY small group of languages (I'm aware
> of just one other) that have absolutely proper Unicode handling *and*
> efficient string handling.
>
> ChrisA
>

Rather more polite than the response I've had sitting in my drafts 
folder for several hours.  I'm so pleased I didn't send it, I can now 
happily delete it and move on :)

-- 
Cheers.

Mark Lawrence.