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[Python-Dev] Internationalization Toolkit

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On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, M.-A. Lemburg wrote:
> Sure there are some very subtile dangers in setting the default
> to anything other than the default ;-) For some this risk may
> be worthwhile taking, for others not. In fact, in large projects
> I would never take such a risk... I'm sure we can get this 
> message across to them.

It's a lot easier to just never provide the rope (per-thread default
encodings) in the first place.

If the feature exists, then it will be used. Period. Try to get the
message across until you're blue in the face, but it would be used.

Anyhow... discussion is pretty moot until somebody can state that it
is/isn't a "real requirement" and/or until The Guido takes a position.

Cheers,
-g

--
Greg Stein, http://www.lyra.org/

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