[Python-Dev] Re: PEP 292 - Simpler String Substitutions

[Tim Peters]

[Barry Warsaw, on auto-str()]
> Should it be auto-unicode(), given that Template is derived from
> unicode?  And if so, should we entertain the possibility of insanities
> like giving the user the ability to pass optional arguments to the
> unicode() call?  If the answers to that are yes and no, that's fine with
> me.

unicode ... heh, I heard something about that in Java once.  Did
Python grow one of those too?  I sure hope it doesn't get in the way
of using God-given American strings!

no-no-no-no-no-but-i'll-settle-for-yes-no-ly y'rs  - tim