[Python-ideas] isascii()/islatin1()/isbmp()

[Terry Reedy]

On 7/2/2012 7:32 AM, Serhiy Storchaka wrote:
> On 02.07.12 11:52, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>>> Another alternative would be a __max__ and __min__ protocol that
>>> allowed efficient answers for the max() and min() builtins. The latter
>>> would have the advantage of allowing other containers (like range
>>> objects) to provide efficient implementations.
>>
>> +1 on that, although I think that should be a separate issue.
>
> This is issue #15226.

http://bugs.python.org/issue15226 was about exposing the max codepoint, 
which the OP thought was readily available in C, but is not. (It is at 
creation, but it is then replaced by 1 of 4 values.)

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Terry Jan Reedy