[mod_python] Problem with PSP and unicode

This is not *just* a PSP problem.  Many frameworks on top of mod_python
also see Unicode brokenness...mostly because of the use of the builtin str()
type conversion and the lack of any control over the default encoding.
For just one example, try putting this into a Myghty template,

    <% u'\u1234' %>

and you get the 'ole 'ascii' UnicodeEncodeError as well.


I still think this is fundamentally a Python problem.  For those
thinking about solutions, there is a current thread in python-dev
that may be somewhat interesting...

http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2006-February/060930.html

Also definitely worth reading is PEP 349
   http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0349.html
and the corresponding python issue tracking it
   http://www.python.org/sf/1266570

For a little more historical perspective, see PEP 332
   http://www.python.org/peps/pep-0332.html
and also for a little more insight into why things work the
way they do now, read the original unicode proposal at
   http://starship.python.net/crew/lemburg/unicode-proposal.txt
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Deron Meranda