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Thank you ! The documentation was misleading about "default encoding of string".

• int_19h 2y ago
  The simple thing to remember is that for all versions of Python going back 12 years, there's no such thing as "default encoding of string". A Python string is defined as a sequence of 32-bit Unicode codepoints, and that is how Python code perceives it in all respects. How it is stored internally is an implementation detail that does not affect you.
  • Dylan16807 2y ago
    32 bit specifically? The most expansive Unicode has ever been was 31 bits, and UTF-8 is also capable of at most 31 bits.
    • int_19h 2y ago
      You're right, the docs just say "Unicode codepoints", and standard facilities like "\U..." or chr() will refuse anything above U+10FFFF. However I'm not sure that still holds true when third-party native modules are in the picture.