[onefuncman]

A few (but not too many) years ago I inherited a custom compilation of python2.x to make unicode strings work properly. You made the right call, lol.

[pjscott]

I’m curious: what was the issue? I’ve used python 2.7 with Unicode pretty extensively, in a wide range of languages, and have never had problems that weren’t my own fault.

[pedalpete]

I have memories of the Python compatibility issues causing huge headaches. We're back to using Python due to ML requirements now, but it kept me away for years.