[I18n-sig] Re: Pre-PEP: Proposed Python Character Model

[Andy Robinson]

Paul Prescod wrote:
> It looks like we've already decided that group 0, plane 0, row 0 is
> special. A better question is why if the first half of 
> group 0, plane 0, row 0 better than the last half?

Because the first half is compatible with just about every native 
encoding on the planet.  The last half is just Latin-1, and byte
values above 127 are different in just about every native encoding
on the planet.

- Andy Robinson