[ python-Bugs-989185 ] unicode.width broken for combining characters

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Bugs item #989185, was opened at 2004-07-11 20:59
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Category: Unicode
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Matthew Mueller (donut)
Assigned to: M.-A. Lemburg (lemburg)
Summary: unicode.width broken for combining characters

Initial Comment:
Python 2.4a1+ (#38, Jul 11 2004, 20:36:10) 
[GCC 3.3.4 (Debian 1:3.3.4-3)] on linux2
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>>> u'\u3060'.width()
2
>>> u'\u305f\u3099'.width()
4

Width should be two in both cases.

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