[Python-ideas] Proposal for default character representation

[Greg Ewing]

Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> That's because some sequence of characters 
> is being wrongly interpreted as an emoticon by the client software.

The only thing wrong here is that the client software
is trying to interpret the emoticons.

Emoticons are for *humans* to interpret, not software.
Subtlety and cleverness is part of their charm. If you
blatantly replace them with explicit images, you crush
that.

And don't even get me started on *animated* emoji...

-- 
Greg