[Python-Dev] Python and the Unicode Character Database

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Sun, 28 Nov 2010 15:24:37 -0500
Alexander Belopolsky <alexander.belopolsky at gmail.com> wrote:
> While we have little choice but to follow UCD in defining
> str.isidentifier(), I think Python can promise users more stability in
> what it treats as space or as a digit in its builtins.

Well, if "unicode support" means "support the latest version of the
Unicode standard", I'm not sure we have a choice.
We can make exceptions, but that would only confuse users even more,
wouldn't it?

> For example,
> I don't think that supporting
> 
> >>> float('١٢٣٤.٥٦')
> 1234.56
> 
> is more important than to assure users that once their program
> accepted some text as a number, they can assume that the text is
> ASCII.

Why would they assume the text is ASCII?

Regards

Antoine.