[Python-3000] u'text' as an alias for 'text'?

[Ralf Schmitt]

On Thu, Mar 20, 2008 at 1:00 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de>
wrote:

> > So, please allow u'' in Python 3.0! With that change, my
> > porting/compatibility worried would be gone, and  you would be able to
> > choose between the three porting strategies dependningon how your code
> > base and user base looks: 1. Clean break. 2. Syncing with 2to3, 3.
> > Supporting both 2.6 and 3.0.
>
> It's as Nick says. Run 2to3. Can you please explain why that doesn't
> sound acceptable to you? By running 2to3, you *get* option 3; you
> support 2.6 and 3.0 from a single code base.
>

Well, he is basically required to compile his source code before he can run
it.
This is quite uncommon for python code...
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