[Python-3000] Lines breaking
"Martin v. Löwis"
martin at v.loewis.de
Tue May 29 07:24:14 CEST 2007
> The change would extend the line breaking behavior to three other
> ASCII characters:
> NEL "Next Line" 85
> VT "Vertical Tab" 0B
> FF "Form Feed" 0C
Of these, NEL is not an ASCII character, so Guido's "no change
for ASCII-only text" requirement doesn't apply to text containing
NEL.
> Of course, it is not really necessary to change, but I think full
> conformance to the standard [1] could give Python better support of
> multilingual texts. However, full conformance would require a good
> amount of work. So, it is true that it is probably better to postpone
> it until someone complaint.
Can you please point to the chapter and verse where it says that VT
must be considered? I only found mention of FF, in R4.
Regards,
Martin
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