martin v löwis qpnyslvloewisde implementable work occur astc see py_unicodeflag cant occur later need skip encoding done parsestr __future__ import interpreted ast built time encoding already applied think would possible check future statements basis nodes already take look python 23 implemented future statements rewritten use ast anyway making sense really realm 2to3 im beginning really believe statement pep 3000 still original use case people dont want run 2to3 whatever reasons mostly probably subjective ones would rather run single code base unmodified dont care documentation tells impossible feel close making possible regards martin _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevpythondev40tangomucom wed 06 aug 2008 194707 0100 pythondev proposal __future__ import unicode_string_literals