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On 17/12/2013 11:13, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Dec 2013 09:39:06 +0000, Mark Lawrence wrote:
>
>> Personally I am convinced that wxPython can't handle unicode for the
>> simple reason that it doesn't yet support Python 3 and we all know that
>> Python 2 and unicode don't mix.
>
> I don't think this is right. The Unicode support in Python 2 isn't as
> good as in Python 3, but it is still pretty good. You just have to
> remember to use the u prefix on your strings.
>
> If it is true that wxPython cannot handle Unicode -- and I see no
> evidence that this is correct -- then it is due to the underlying wx*
> library, not Python 2.
>
>

Sorry folks, I'd been up all night and messed that up completely.  I 
meant to say "Personally I am convinced that *IF* wxPython can't handle 
unicode *IT WILL BE* for the simple reason that it doesn't yet support 
Python 3 and we all know that Python 2 and unicode don't mix".  It would 
have been better still if I'd added right at the end "particularly 
well", with this being the impression I get from the bug tracker, with 
far fewer bugs being raised against Python 3 unicode that I'm aware of 
rather than Python 2.  I'm now crossing my fingers and legs and hoping 
that my impression is correct.

-- 
My fellow Pythonistas, ask not what our language can do for you, ask 
what you can do for our language.

Mark Lawrence