Patch #2477: Added from __future__ import unicode_literals
The new PyParser_*Ex() functions are based on Neal's suggestion and initial patch. The new __future__ feature makes all '' and r'' unicode strings. b'' and br'' stay (byte) strings.
diff --git a/Python/future.c b/Python/future.c
index 267e1b7..2c6aaa2 100644
--- a/Python/future.c
+++ b/Python/future.c
@@ -35,6 +35,8 @@
ff->ff_features |= CO_FUTURE_WITH_STATEMENT;
} else if (strcmp(feature, FUTURE_PRINT_FUNCTION) == 0) {
ff->ff_features |= CO_FUTURE_PRINT_FUNCTION;
+ } else if (strcmp(feature, FUTURE_UNICODE_LITERALS) == 0) {
+ ff->ff_features |= CO_FUTURE_UNICODE_LITERALS;
} else if (strcmp(feature, "braces") == 0) {
PyErr_SetString(PyExc_SyntaxError,
"not a chance");