M.-A. Lemburg wrote: > Ralf Schmitt wrote: >> Does python 2.4 catch any exception when comparing keys (which are not >> basestrings) in dictionaries? > > Yes. It does so for all equality compares that need to be done > as part of the hash collision algorithm (not only w/r to strings > and Unicode, but in general). > > This was changed in 2.5, which now reports the exception. >
So, this thread isn't about "unicode hell" at all. I guess this change will break lots of code (or will reveal lots of broken code...as it did in my case actually). - Ralf _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
