FYI, I've uploaded a new version of the proposal which includes new codec APIs, a new codec search mechanism and some minor fixes here and there. The latest version of the proposal is available at: http://starship.skyport.net/~lemburg/unicode-proposal.txt Older versions are available as: http://starship.skyport.net/~lemburg/unicode-proposal-X.X.txt Some POD (points of discussion) that are still open: · Unicode objects support for %-formatting · Design of the internal C API and the Python API for the Unicode character properties database -- Marc-Andre Lemburg ______________________________________________________________________ Y2000: 43 days left Business: http://www.lemburg.com/ Python Pages: http://www.lemburg.com/python/