[Python-Dev] Unicode as argument for 8-bit format strings

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

M.-A. Lemburg writes:
 > No problem... :-) Its a simple fix: once %s in an 8-bit string
 > sees a Unicode object it will stop processing the string and
 > restart using the unicode formatting algorithm. 
 > 
 > This will cost performance, of course. Optimization is easy though:
 > add a small "u" in front of the string ;-)

  Seems reasonable to me!


  -Fred

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