[Python-Dev] Re: New Features in Python 1.6
M.-A. Lemburg
mal at lemburg.com
Mon Apr 3 07:48:05 EDT 2000
Andreas Jung wrote:
>
> On Sat, Apr 01, 2000 at 12:00:00PM -0500, Guido van Rossum wrote:
The above line has all the answers ;-) ...
> > Python strings can now be stored as Unicode strings. To make it easier
> > to type Unicode strings, the single-quote character defaults to creating
> > a Unicode string, while the double-quote character defaults to ASCII
> > strings. If you need to create a Unicode string with double quotes,
> > just preface it with the letter "u"; likewise, an ASCII string can be
> > created by prefacing single quotes with the letter "a". For example:
> >
> > foo = 'hello' # Unicode
> > foo = "hello" # ASCII
>
> Is single-quoting for creating unicode clever ? I think there might be a problem
> with old code when the operations on unicode strings are not 100% compatible to
> the standard string operations. I don't know if this is a real problem - it's
> just a point for discussion.
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Marc-Andre Lemburg
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