Marc-Andre Lemburg added the comment: [In the light of the current discussion on python-ideas regarding adding support for the Unicode minus sign]
I'm +1 on adding support for the minus code point, since it's the correct correspondent to the plus code point in Unicode. The traditional ASCII "-" is a compromise between a mathematical minus and a hyphen. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyphen-minus While we're at it, we should probably also include the FULLWIDTH PLUS SIGN (U+FF0B) and SUPERSCRIPT PLUS SIGN (U+207A) as alternative for the plus sign, and additionally the SUPERSCRIPT MINUS (U+207B) as alternative for the minus sign. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minus_sign I'm also +1 on adding support for other mathematical symbols used in parsing numbers, but only if their purpose is clearly defined in the Unicode database (i.e. accepting an "e" in some other script for exponential notation should not be allowed). ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue6632> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
