[Python-3000] Unicode IDs -- why NFC? Why allow ligatures?

[Greg Ewing]

Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> Jim Jewett writes:
 >
>  > I am slightly concerned that it might mean
>  > "string as string" and "string as identifier" have different tests
>  > for equality.
> 
> It does mean that; see Rauli's code.  Does anybody know if this
> bothers LISP users, where identifiers are case-insensitive?

I don't think the issue arises in Lisp, because to use
a string as an identifier you have to explicitly convert
it to a symbol, whereupon there is an opportunity for
case folding, normalisation, etc. to be done.

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