[Python-3000] String comparison

[Stephen J. Turnbull]

Jim Jewett writes:

 > I suspect there may be others that are guaranteed never to get an
 > assignment, because of their location.  (Example:  The character would
 > have to have certain properties or be part of a specific script, but
 > adding more such characters would violate some other stability rule.)

In Unicode 4.1, there are precisely 66.  34 in the highest 2 positions
in each page (nnFFFE and nnFFFF), and the 32 point gap from FDD0 to
FDEF.  The text doesn't explain that latter gap, but does say it's a
historical anomoly.  I doubt there will ever be any more.