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Tue Jul 12 16:38:38 CEST 2005 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2005-July/054858.html

QOTF candidate; should add that the default encoding is usually ASCII.

On 7/12/05, Michael Chermside <mcherm at mcherm.com> wrote:
> M A Lemburg writes:
> > we should use strings and Unicode
> > like they are supposed to be used (in the context of text
> > data):
> >
> > * strings are fine for text data that is encoded using
> >   the default encoding
> >
> > * Unicode should be used for all text data that is not
> >   or cannot be encoded in the default encoding
> >
> > Later on in Py3k, all text data should be stored in Unicode
> > and all binary data in some new binary type.
> 
> Wow. That is the most succinct and clear explanation of how to
> use unicode in Python that I think I've ever heard. It might
> even be simple enough for _me_ to understand it! I think I'm
> going to go frame this and have it posted in my cubical.
> 
> -- Michael Chermside
> 
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