# These should change x = u"Hello" u'world' print(u"Hello") print(u'world') import foo foo(u"Hello", U"world", a=u"Hello", b=u"world") # These should stay quoted they way they are x = u'hello' x = u"""hello""" x = u'''hello''' x = u'Hello "World"' # These should not change u = "Hello" u = u def hello(): return"Hello"