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On Apr 26, 2014 3:46 AM, "Frank Millman" <<a href="mailto:frank@chagford.com">frank@chagford.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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> <<a href="mailto:wxjmfauth@gmail.com">wxjmfauth@gmail.com</a>> wrote in message<br>
> news:03bb12d8-93be-4ef6-94ae-4a02789aea2d@googlegroups.com...<br>
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> > I wrote once 90 % of Python 2 apps (a generic term) supposed to<br>
> > process text, strings are not working.<br>
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> > In Python 3, that's 100 %. It is somehow only by chance, apps may<br>
> > give the illusion they are properly working.<br>
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> It is quite frustrating when you make these statements without explaining<br>
> what you mean by 'not working'.</p>
<p dir="ltr">As far as anybody has been able to determine, what jmf means by "not working" is that strings containing the € character are handled less efficiently than strings that do not contain it in certain contrived test cases.</p>