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		keyme on May 12, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Unicode in Python 3 Strings should be byte strings. Not ASCII, not Unicode. Bytes. Strings don't represent Text lest I decide they do. For this a UnicodeString object should exist, and it should _not_ be the default. In my latest project I've made myself use Python 3.4 over 2.7, for its new great features. So many steps forward, except this one thing. What a stupid decision are these default Unicode strings...

andrewstuart on May 12, 2014 [–]

Wouldn't people be complaining if "the unicode problem" hadn't been solved in Python rather than leaving it an undefined mess? Now it is a solved problem even if the solution is seen as a problem by some.

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