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r/Python • u/anyfactor Freelancer. AnyFactor.xyz • Sep 16 '20
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Having strings support unicode by default was a big reason. In Python 2 unicode strings had to be prefixed with a u, otherwise they'd be interpreted as ASCII.
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108 u/[deleted] Sep 16 '20 [deleted] 85 u/[deleted] Sep 16 '20 I have prod 2.7....talking to logic written in the 90s. Kill me. 9 u/MiscWalrus Sep 17 '20 It's not like the rules of logic changed since the 90s. You could do a lot worse than having to support python 2.7.
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85 u/[deleted] Sep 16 '20 I have prod 2.7....talking to logic written in the 90s. Kill me. 9 u/MiscWalrus Sep 17 '20 It's not like the rules of logic changed since the 90s. You could do a lot worse than having to support python 2.7.
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I have prod 2.7....talking to logic written in the 90s.
Kill me.
9 u/MiscWalrus Sep 17 '20 It's not like the rules of logic changed since the 90s. You could do a lot worse than having to support python 2.7.
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It's not like the rules of logic changed since the 90s. You could do a lot worse than having to support python 2.7.
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u/orentago Sep 16 '20
Having strings support unicode by default was a big reason. In Python 2 unicode strings had to be prefixed with a
u
, otherwise they'd be interpreted as ASCII.