text_combined: eric smith nvmkmhkiwaqodtruebladecom eric smith wrote proposal add __future__ import unicode_string_literals would make string literals importing module unicode objects 26 im going withdraw 2 reasons 1 think less sense makes 2 without extreme measures implementable implementable work occur astc see py_unicodeflag cant occur later need skip encoding done parsestr __future__ import interpreted ast built time encoding already applied radical things could work around would gigantic change making sense really realm 2to3 im beginning really believe statement pep 3000 requirement python 26 code run unmodified python 30 even subset course tiny subset missing major functionality particular issue use u 26 let 2to3 deal 26 code want run 30 way 2to3 think string literals either b u dont use plain eric _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 141416 0400 pythondev proposal __future__ import unicode_string_literals