Python Chinese

[Fred L. Drake, Jr.]

On Fri, Nov 19, 1999 at 01:15:44PM +0100, Ulf Engstrøm wrote:
 > Is there any way to use Python with Chinese and other asian chars?
 > If not, are there any plans to make this compability?

Ulf,
  While Python is 8-bit clean, there is not support for Unicode or
other wide character sets.  Some extensions are available from various 
members of the community to provide Unicode support, but none are
integrated into the core.
  The next major Python release will include Unicode support and
support for a variety of common encodings.  Support for Asian
encodings will probably be packaged separately.


  -Fred

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Fred L. Drake, Jr.	     <fdrake at acm.org>
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