[XML-SIG] Re: Issues with Unicode type

[Martin v. Loewis]

"Fredrik Lundh" <fredrik@pythonware.com> writes:

> > I've just added a note to the docs for Python 2.2.2 and 2.3 that len()
> > returns the number of storage units, not abstract characters. 
> 
> imo (as the original author of the unicode type), that's an implementation
> artifact, not a feature.

Yes, but it still needs to be documented.

> (if we document all bugs and half-baked solutions as supported features,
> we will never be able to fix anything...)

Can you present similar problems where it is clear that a proper
solution won't be implemented in any foreseeable feature, yet this is
not documented?

Regards,
Martin