Fredrik Lundh wrote: > today's Python supports "locale aware" 8-bit strings; e.g. > > >>> import locale > >>> "åäö".isalpha() > False > >>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "sv_SE") > 'sv_SE' > >>> "åäö".isalpha() > True > > to what extent should this be supported by Python 3000 ?
Since all strings will be Unicode by then: >>> u"åäö".isalpha() True Cheers, Nick. -- Nick Coghlan | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Brisbane, Australia --------------------------------------------------------------- http://www.boredomandlaziness.org _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com