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On 15/10/2013 21:11, wxjmfauth@gmail.com wrote:
> Le lundi 14 octobre 2013 21:18:59 UTC+2, John Nagle a écrit :
>
> ----
>
> [...]
>>
>>      No, Python went through the usual design screwups.  Look at how
>>
>> painful the slow transition to Unicode was, from just "str" to
>>
>> Unicode strings, ASCII strings, byte strings, byte arrays,
>>
>> 16 and 31 bit character builds, and finally automatic switching
>>
>> between rune widths. [...]
>
>
> Yes, a real disaster.
>
> This "poor" Python is spending its time in reencoding
> when necessary, without counting the fact it's necessary to
> check if reencoding is needed.
>
> Where is Unicode? Away.
>
> jmf
>

I very much look forward to seeing your correct Python unicode 
implementation on the bug tracker.

-- 
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Violets are blue,
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But this one doesn't.

Mark Lawrence