Alistair Lynn
Alistair is a software engineer who lives between Southampton and Amsterdam. Formerly of Thread, and of years of freelancing, he now works at Tiqets. His interests are software architecture, jazz fusion, linguistics, obscure transport policy, and writing in the third person.
Session
09-22
14:30
30min
Adventures in Unicode: the `str` less travelled
Alistair Lynn
Python 3's str was a leap forward but not a panacea. Join me to dive into the strange world of unicode, how it can bite you, and what to do about it.
Assembly Room