[Python-Dev] PEP 414 - Unicode Literals for Python 3

Mon Feb 27 18:41:10 CET 2012

On 2012年2月27日 09:05:54 -0800, Ethan Furman <ethan at stoneleaf.us> wrote:
> Martin v. LÃ¶wis wrote:
> > Am 26.02.2012 07:06, schrieb Nick Coghlan:
> >> On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 1:13 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org> wrote:
> >>> A small quibble: I'd like to see a benchmark of a 'u' function implemented in C.
> >> Even if it was quite fast, I don't think such a function would bring
> >> the same benefits as restoring support for u'' literals.
> > 
> > You claim that, but your argument doesn't actually support that claim
> > (or I fail to see the argument).
>> Python 2.6 code:
> this = u'that'
>> Python 3.3 code:
> this = u('that')
>> Not source compatible, not elegant. (Even though 2to3 could make this 
> fix, it's still kinda ugly.)

Eh? The 2.6 version would also be u('that'). That's the whole point
of the idiom. You'll need a better counter argument than that.
--David