Python 2 supports unicode and asyncio.

sandGorgon · on Dec 10, 2016

i know it does - but it would be nice to have the everything-is-unicode mechanism of python 3. Asian developers hit unicode problems before US based developers because of the natural differences in underlying OS language.

lloeki · on Dec 10, 2016

But then it wouldn't be compatible with Python 2 code, so you might as well use Python 3

sandGorgon · on Dec 10, 2016

http://python-future.org/unicode_literals.html

nope - you can mix them in python 2 code. The way it should have been done in the first place.

orf · on Dec 10, 2016

... You can't have your cake and eat it. If you want Unicode everywhere then you use Python 3, because it's a breaking change. Saying you'd want it in Python 2 is a confused way of saying "I need to use Python 3".