On 9/20/06, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 9/20/06, Adam Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 9/20/06, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 9/20/06, Adam Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Wow, you really did mean code units. In that case I'm very tempted to > > > > support UTF-8, with byte indexing (which is what code units are in its > > > > case). It's ugly, but it technically works fine, and it's the de > > > > facto standard on Linux. No more ugly than UTF-16 code units IMO, > > > > just more obvious. > > > > > > Who charged you with designing the string implementation? > > > > Last I checked, the point of mailing lists such as these was to allow > > input from the community at large. > > > > In any case, my reaction was simply because I misunderstood your intentions. > > I was specifically reacting to your use of the phrasing "I'm very > tempted to support UTF-8"; this wording suggests that it would be your > choice to make. I could have pointed out the obvious (that equating > the difficulty of using UTF-8 with that of using UTF-16 doesn't make > it so) but I figured the other readers are also tired of your attempts > to move this into an entirely different direction, and based on a > thorough lack of understanding of the status quo no less.
It was poor wording then. I never intended to imply that it was my choice. Instead, I was referring to the input I have as a member of the community. I am not attempting to move this in a different direction. I (and apparently several other people) thought it always was a different direction. It is obvious now that it wasn't your intent to use code points, and I can accept that code units are the best (most efficient) choice. -- Adam Olsen, aka Rhamphoryncus _______________________________________________ Python-3000 mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-3000 Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-3000/archive%40mail-archive.com
