[Python-checkins] r87134 - python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst

alexander.belopolsky python-checkins at python.org
Wed Dec 8 22:38:46 CET 2010


Author: alexander.belopolsky
Date: Wed Dec  8 22:38:46 2010
New Revision: 87134

Log:
Edited the Unicode 6.0.0 entry to add unicode.org links and trim the summary.

Modified:
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
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--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst	Wed Dec  8 22:38:46 2010
@@ -1095,20 +1095,23 @@
 Python has been updated to Unicode 6.0.0.  The new features of the
 Unicode Standard that will affect Python users include:
 
-* adds 2,088 characters, including over 1,000 additional symbols—chief
-  among them the additional emoji symbols, which are especially
-  important for mobile phones;
+* addition of 2,088 characters, including over 1,000 additional
+  symbols—chief among them the additional emoji symbols, which are
+  especially important for mobile phones;
 
-* corrects character properties for existing characters including
+* changes to character properties for existing characters including
 
   - a general category change to two Kannada characters (U+0CF1,
     U+0CF2), which has the effect of making them newly eligible for
     inclusion in identifiers;
 
   - a general category change to one New Tai Lue numeric character
-    (U+19DA), which would have the effect of disqualifying it from
-    inclusion in identifiers unless grandfathering measures are in place
-    for the defining identifier syntax.
+    (U+19DA), which has the effect of disqualifying it from
+    inclusion in identifiers.
+
+  For more information, see `Unicode Character Database Changes
+  <http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.0.0/#Database_Changes>`_
+  at the `Unicode Consortium <http://www.unicode.org/>`_ web site.
 
 The :mod:`os` module has two new functions: :func:`~os.fsencode` and
 :func:`~os.fsdecode`. Add :data:`os.environb`: bytes version of


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