John Nagle wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] in comp.lang.python:
> Does > > text = unicode(text) > > make a copy of a Unicode string, or is that essentially a > free operation if the input is already Unicode? > > John Nagle > http://docs.python.org/lib/built-in-funcs.html#l2h-78 ... More precisely, if object is a Unicode string or subclass it will return that Unicode string without any additional decoding applied. ... Rob. -- http://www.victim-prime.dsl.pipex.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
