On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 4:12 PM, Joao S. O. Bueno <jsbueno at python.org.br> wrote: .. > Let novice C programmers in English speaking countries deal with the > fact that 1 character is not 1 byte anymore. We are past this point. If you are, please contribute your expertise here: http://bugs.python.org/issue2382