[Python-Dev] Python and the Unicode Character Database

[Alexander Belopolsky]

On Sun, Nov 28, 2010 at 5:42 PM, M.-A. Lemburg <mal at egenix.com> wrote:
..
> I don't see why the language spec should limit the wealth of number
> formats supported by float().
>

The Language Spec (whatever it is) should not, but hopefully the
Library Reference should.  If you follow
http://docs.python.org/dev/py3k/library/functions.html#float link and
the references therein, you'll end up with

digit          ::=  "0"..."9"

http://docs.python.org/dev/py3k/reference/lexical_analysis.html#grammar-token-digit