Adam E wrote:
I have read in my copy of Programming Python that all strings will be Unicode and there will be a byte type.
Actually that change is scheduled for 3.0. As a tool for simplifying conversions and compatible code, the name "bytes" is provided in 2.6 as a synonym of "str". This allows you to distinguish those data in your code that are really text from those that are really encoded binary.
This is mentally keeping me from upgrading to 2.6 . I'm curious, but are there still some who prefer Python 2.5?
Right now, some third part packages are not yet running on 2.6. The next few months should change that situation. So, if you are using numpy or scipy, for example, you'd do better to go with 2.5 for now, and only move over when the full set of packages you use are working on 2.6. --Scott David Daniels [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
