====== Unicode ======

===== 2.7 =====

  * Python byte strings (str type) have an encoding, Unicode does not


<code python>
'''
encode(encoding)     convert an unicode to a string encoded in 'encoding' charset
'''
my_string = my_unicode.encode(encoding)
</code>


<code python>
'''
decode(encoding)     convert a string encoded in 'encoding' charset to an unicode 
'''
my_unicode = my_string.decode(encoding)
</code>