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created_at = <Date 2016-06-07.19:55:04.421>
labels = ['3.8', '3.9', '3.10', 'type-feature', 'library', 'docs']
title = '[array doc]  Possible missing deprecation warnings?'
updated_at = <Date 2020-11-26.21:58:25.878>
user = 'https://github.com/mark-summerfield'

activity = <Date 2020-11-26.21:58:25.878>
actor = 'iritkatriel'
assignee = 'docs@python'
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components = ['Documentation', 'Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2016-06-07.19:55:04.421>
creator = 'mark'
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issue_num = 27259
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priority = 'normal'
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status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue27259'
versions = ['Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10']

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1. mark-summerfield commented on Jun 7, 2016

   

   mark-summerfieldmannequin

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   In the docs for the array module:
   https://docs.python.org/dev/library/array.html#module-array
   Note 1 in the table of type codes says that the 'u' type is deprecated and will go in Python 4.0.

   Since the array.fromunicode() and array.tounicode() methods depend on type code 'u' shouldn't they also be marked as deprecated?

   If people use the 'u' type code maybe it would be helpful to provide an example of how to store unicode chars in an array.array? (Presumably they'd use type code 'L' and use ord() and chr()?)
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5. iritkatriel

   changed the title [-]Possible missing deprecation warnings?[/-] [+][array doc] Possible missing deprecation warnings?[/+] on Nov 26, 2020
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7. aisk commented on Jan 11, 2026

   

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   Hi, the 'w' typecode was added in #105242, and array.fromunicode / array.tounicode support it, so we should keep them. We can also use the 'w' typecode to store Unicode.

   So I think we can close this issue as completed.
8. aisk commented on Feb 2, 2026

   

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   Closing this as mentioned above. Please feel free to reopen it if I’m mistaken.
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   closed this as completedon Feb 2, 2026
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