Pragmatic Unicode, or, How do I stop the pain?
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Ned Batchelder's PyCon 2012 talk gives a quick overview of what Unicode is, then focuses on what a Python programmer needs to handle text correctly. It presents the 'Unicode sandwich' strategy: decode bytes at input, work with Unicode internally, encode at output.
Why HN recommends it: Commenters point to it as the clearest explanation of Python's bytes versus Unicode model and the Unicode sandwich, which finally makes the confusion click.
“After A TON OF PAIN I decided to put the time in to watch the talk” Read on HN ↗