[Python-Dev] default encodings (was: Internationalization Toolkit)

Tim Peters tim_one@email.msn.com
Thu, 11 Nov 1999 03:01:58 -0500


[Andy Robinson]
> For that matter (I came into this a bit late), is
> there a statement somewhere of what HP actually want
> to do?

On this list, the best explanation we got was from Guido:  they want
"internationalization", and "Perl-compatible Unicode regexps".  I'm not sure
they even know the two aren't identical <0.9 wink>.

code-without-requirements-is-like-sex-without-consequences-ly y'rs  - tim