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diff --git a/source/_posts/2014-12-05-python-3-and-unicode.md b/source/_posts/2014-12-05-python-3-and-unicode.md new file mode 100644 index 00000000..d7d871d8 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/_posts/2014-12-05-python-3-and-unicode.md @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +--- +layout: post +title: "Python 3 and Unicode" +date: 2014-12-05 15:01:54 -0800 +comments: true +categories: +--- +I never realized that in Python 3 Unicode is the default; in particular, `str` in Python 3 is practically equivalent to `unicode` in Python 2. This might be the *one thing* that convince me to migrate. `str.encode()`, `str.decode()`, `unicode.encode()`, `unicode.decode()`, etc. are so confusing that I'm never 100% sure what I'm doing (only-occasionally-used-but-unavoidable-and-worst-of-all-very-confusing "features" are nightmares). |