How to find out if Python is compiled with UCS-2 or UCS-4?
When built with –enable-unicode=ucs4: >>> import sys >>> print sys.maxunicode 1114111 When built with –enable-unicode=ucs2: >>> import sys >>> print sys.maxunicode 65535
When built with –enable-unicode=ucs4: >>> import sys >>> print sys.maxunicode 1114111 When built with –enable-unicode=ucs2: >>> import sys >>> print sys.maxunicode 65535