[Python-3000] Fwd: UPDATED: PEP 3138- String representation in Python 3000

[Greg Ewing]

Atsuo Ishimoto wrote:

> I'm not comfortable with "printable", too. Is "legible" better? This
> is first time for me to see this word in my life :).

The term "printable" has a long history in computing of
meaning that a character code corresponds to some visual
glyph, even if the display process involved isn't literally
printing. It would be confusing to replace it with something
else now, I think.

-- 
Greg