[Python-Dev] Internationalization Toolkit
Tim Peters
tim_one@email.msn.com
Wed, 10 Nov 1999 00:57:14 -0500
[Guido, on "a new Unicode regex engine by /F"]
> It's from scratch, and I believe it's got Perl style, not POSIX style
> semantics -- per Tim Peters' recommendations. Do we need to open the
> discussion again?
No, but I get to whine just a little <wink>: I didn't recommend either
approach. I asked many futile questions about HP's requirements, and
sketched implications either way. If HP *has* a requirement wrt
POSIX-vs-Perl, it would be good to find that out before it's too late.
I personally prefer POSIX semantics -- but, as Andrew so eloquently said,
worse is better here; all else being equal it's best to follow JPython's
Perl-compatible re lead.
last-time-i-ever-say-what-i-really-think<wink>-ly y'rs - tim