Message 64795 - Python tracker

Message64795

Author	benjamin.peterson
Recipients	amaury.forgeotdarc, benjamin.peterson, christoph
Date	2008-03-31.22:30:41
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Message-id	<1207002642.85.0.839472478372.issue2517@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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>I never believed Python to be a programming language with good Unicode >integration. Several points were missing that would've been nice or >even essential to have for good development with Unicode, most ignored >for the sake of maintaining backward compatibility. This though is not >the fault of the Unicode class itself and supporting packages. Many (including myself) agree with you. That's pretty much the whole point of Py3k. We want to fix the Python "warts" which can only be fixed by breaking backwards compatibility.

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>I never believed Python to be a programming language with good Unicode 
>integration. Several points were missing that would've been nice or 
>even essential to have for good development with Unicode, most ignored 
>for the sake of maintaining backward compatibility. This though is not 
>the fault of the Unicode class itself and supporting packages.
Many (including myself) agree with you. That's pretty much the whole
point of Py3k. We want to fix the Python "warts" which can only be fixed
by breaking backwards compatibility.

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