[Python-Dev] Unicode source code

[Guido van Rossum]

> Now that PEP 263 is in place (yet hotly debated on c.l.py ;-), wouldn't
> it be fairly small step to fully support unicode strings in compile(),
> eval() and exec? I notice these still attempt to convert unicode to 8
> bit with the default encoding, which isn't very useful.

I guess that's in the "would be nice" category; alas it's also in
the "I don't have time for it" category.  If you can figure out how
easy it would be, I'm open for a patch.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)