Multibyte Character Surport for Python

[Martin v. Loewis]

bokr at oz.net (Bengt Richter) writes:

> ISTM a grammar defining the composition of a multi-encoded file would
> make things a lot clearer. 

What editor supports this kind of format?

> I think it is good to remember that a Python program is (or at least
> I consider it as such) an abstract entity first and variously
> represented second.

While this is true, a Python source code file is something very
specific, not something abstract.

> Abstract token sequences and visible glyph sequences and binary
> coded representations all have roles, but it is easy to smear the
> distinctions when thinking about them. Localization should IMO not
> alter abstract semantics.

And indeed, it doesn't - the byte code format is not at all affected
by the PEP.

> The possibility of dynamically generating source text and eval- or
> exec-ing it is something to consider too.

For that, I recommend to use Unicode objects - those don't have any
encoding issues.

Regards,
Martin