[Cython] string literals in Py2 vs Py3

[Stefan Behnel]

Greg Ewing wrote:
> Robert Bradshaw wrote:
> 
>> I think we're all OK on being able to specify byte string or unicode  
>> string. It's a question of what happens when you don't specify one or  
>> the other.
> 
>  From what I've seen so far, the answer appears to
> be that it gets Damned Confusing (tm).

That's the main reason why I am voting for clear semantics, instead of
"depends on where you run it". The semantics of source code should be fixed at
the time the parser reads it.

Stefan