On Sat, Apr 01, 2000 at 12:00:00PM -0500, Guido van Rossum wrote: > > 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. Cheers, Andreas
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