> I need to un-volunteer on this one. > > The string module already has a bunch of isxxx methods > and I'm not clear which others are needed or how to > make them vary by locale. OK. Nothing needs to be done to vary them by locale as long as you use the isxxx macros from <ctype.h>. I think all that's needed is to add the missing ones. --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)