[Jython-dev] Re: unicode vs str

[Stuart D. G. <st...@bm...>]

On Thu, 4 Aug 2005 jyt...@li... wrote:

> > Is not a unicode object a string object in unicode disguise?
> Yes, in fact it is even worse than that: a Jython 'str' object is a
> wrapper around Java's unicode-based String, and a Jython 'unicode'
> object is implemented as a thin wrapper around the jython 'str'
> object.  We are going through these contortions in an attempt to make
> the CPython standard libraries and unit tests happier, however it
> looks like things are breaking down in this case.

Would it be worse to make a Jython 'str' object a wrapper around
a Java byte[]?  It would mean reimplementing a lot of str functionality
in Java instead of reusing Java, but representation and behaviour would
naturally match CPython.  I saw a ByteString class for java a while ago. 

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