[Python-Dev] Unicode mapping tables

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Tim Peters wrote:
> 
> [M.-A. Lemburg]
> > ...
> > Here's what I'll do:
> >
> > * implement .capitalize() in the traditional way for Unicode
> >   objects (simply convert the first char to uppercase)
> 
> Given .title(), is .capitalize() of use for Unicode strings?  Or is it just
> a temptation to do something senseless in the Unicode world?  If it doesn't
> make sense, leave it out (this *seems* like compulsion <wink> to implement
> all current string methods in *some* way for Unicode, whether or not they
> make sense).

.capitalize() only touches the first char of the string - not
sure whether it makes sense in both worlds ;-)

Anyhow, the difference is there but subtle: string.capitalize()
will use C's toupper() which is locale dependent, while
unicode.capitalize() uses Unicode's toTitleCase() for the first
character.

-- 
Marc-Andre Lemburg
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