[Python-Dev] #pragmas in Python source code

Fredrik Lundh Fredrik Lundh" <effbot@telia.com
Wed, 12 Apr 2000 20:43:55 +0200


Mike wrote:
> Any literal strings one embeds in code should be purely for the =
benefit of
> the code, not for the end user, who should be seeing properly =
localized
> text, pulled back from a localized text resource file _NOT_ python =
code, and
> automatically pumped through the appropriate native <--> unicode
> translations as required by the code.

that's hardly a CP4E compatible solution, is it?

Ping wrote:
> > But you're right, i've never heard of another language that can =
handle
> > configurable encodings right in the source code.

XML?

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