[Python-Dev] Internal representation of strings and Micropython

[Chris Angelico]

On Thu, Jun 5, 2014 at 12:17 AM, Serhiy Storchaka <storchaka at gmail.com> wrote:
> 04.06.14 10:03, Chris Angelico написав(ла):
>
>> Right, which is why I don't like the idea. But you don't need
>> non-ASCII characters to blink an LED or turn a servo, and there is
>> significant resistance to the notion that appending a non-ASCII
>> character to a long ASCII-only string requires the whole string to be
>> copied and doubled in size (lots of heap space used).
>
>
> But you need non-ASCII characters to display a title of MP3 track.

Agreed. IMO, any Python, no matter how micro, needs full Unicode
support; but there is resistance from uPy's devs.

ChrisA