Should I use Unicode string by default?

Question

Is it considered as a good practice to pick Unicode string over regular string when coding in Python? I mainly work on the Windows platform, where most of the string types are U

Answer 1

Additional to Mihails comment I would say: Use Unicode, since it is the future. In Python 3.0, Non-Unicode will be gone, and as much I know, all the "U"-Prefixes will make trouble, since they are also gone.