Re: [Python-3000] UTF-16

2006-09-15 Thread Andrew Clover
On 2006-09-01, Paul Prescod wrote: > I cannot understand why a user should be forced to choose between 16 and 32 > bit strings AT BUILD TIME. I strongly agree. This has been troublesome for many, not just people trying to install binary libs, but also Python code that does actually need to know

Re: [Python-3000] UTF-16

2006-09-01 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Barry Warsaw wrote: > I recently emerged in several packages. good thing dictionary.com includes wikipedia articles, or I'd never figured out if that was a typo or a rather odd spiritual phenomenon. ___ Python-3000 mailing list Python-3000@python.

Re: [Python-3000] UTF-16

2006-09-01 Thread Barry Warsaw
On Sep 1, 2006, at 2:49 AM, Fredrik Lundh wrote: > Guido van Rossum wrote: > >> I think it would be best to do this as a CPython configuration option >> just like it's done today. You can choose 4-byte or 2-byte Unicode >> (essentially UCS-4 or UTF-16) in order to be compatible with other >> pack

Re: [Python-3000] UTF-16

2006-08-31 Thread Fredrik Lundh
Guido van Rossum wrote: > I think it would be best to do this as a CPython configuration option > just like it's done today. You can choose 4-byte or 2-byte Unicode > (essentially UCS-4 or UTF-16) in order to be compatible with other > packages on the platform. Yes, 4-byte gives better Unicode sup

Re: [Python-3000] UTF-16

2006-08-31 Thread Paul Prescod
On 8/31/06, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 8/31/06, Paul Prescod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> On 8/31/06, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > (Adding back py3k list assuming you just forgot it) >> Yes, thanks. Gmail's UI really optimizes the "Reply To" operation of "Reply>

Re: [Python-3000] UTF-16

2006-08-31 Thread Guido van Rossum
On 8/31/06, Paul Prescod <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 8/31/06, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (Adding back py3k list assuming you just forgot it) > > Yes, thanks. Gmail's UI really optimizes the "Reply To" operation of "Reply > To All." > > > > Plus, it sounds like you're propos

[Python-3000] UTF-16

2006-08-31 Thread Paul Prescod
On 8/31/06, Guido van Rossum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: (Adding back py3k list assuming you just forgot it)Yes, thanks. Gmail's UI really optimizes the "Reply To" operation of "Reply To All." > Plus, it sounds like you're proposing that the encodings of the underlying> data would leak through to