[PyKDE] ANNOUNCE: PyQt/PyKDE v0.10pre5

[Boudewijn Rempt]

On Sat, 4 Dec 1999, Phil Thompson wrote:

> Boudewijn Rempt wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, 2 Dec 1999, Phil Thompson wrote:
> > 
> > >
> > > While this change isn't strictly necessary at this stage, it will be
> > > needed for Qt v2's Unicode support - so it's best to get used to it now.
> > >
> > 
> > It's painful all the same - I guess we have to use
> > self.text=repr(myTextBox.text()), too! Lots of trouble to go wrong and
> > make silly mistakes. Still, Unicode support should be worth it ;-).
> 
> I think the key is to delay the conversion to Python strings to the last
> possible moment. Keep things as QStrings until something really needs a
> Python string - the Python file open method for instance.
> 

What I'm wondering about is, how will this combine with the
Unicode support promised for Python 1.6? If the standard Python
strings become Unicode strings, QString might be superfluous
again.

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