Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierr...@gmail.com> writes:
> On Sun, Dec 14, 2014 at 11:29 PM, Ben Finney <ben+pyt...@benfinney.id.au>
> wrote:
> > from __future__ import unicode_literals
>
> Ordinarily, for 2.x/3.3+ code I would suggest not doing this --
> instead, b'...' for bytes, u'...' for unicode, and '...' for native
> "string" type (bytes on 2.x, unicode on 3.x). This is the main benefit
> of the u'...' syntax addition.
That latter point would seemingly also apply to ‘from __future__ import
unicode_literals’, so is moot in this context.
As for the advice to avoid such a declaration, you're arguing against
the official guide for porting Python 2 code to 2-and-3 compatible code:
For text you should either use the from __future__ import
unicode_literals statement or add a u prefix to the text literal.
<URL:https://docs.python.org/3.4/howto/pyporting.html#text-versus-binary-data>
So, the declarative import is specifically recommended. You'll need to
present a case for why I shouldn't follow that recommendation.
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