text_combined: bill janssen olchxynparccom also make unicode default type constructor keep str alias simplify porting perhaps warning term string overloaded kinds misinterpretations term string refers string bytes variable length array speak however depending application space string used synonym text string well data string removing term string altogether would make easier people understand py3k unicode text data bytes binary data agree string overloaded calling unicode sort like calling integers int32 youre talking implementation rather type programming languages arent machine level like c string really sequence text characters string bytes thats probably term used python going forward despite legacy issues involves personally feel string text bytes binary data represented sequence bytes appropriate terms python keep unicode release two alias string isnt pep somewhere already bill _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom tue 05 aug 2008 180154 0800 pythondev capi status python 3