Alternatively, does "info".upper() == "INFO" everywhere?
On 7/18/06, Mihai Ibanescu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 17, 2006 at 03:39:55PM -0400, Mihai Ibanescu wrote: > > Hi, > > > > This is reported on sourceforge: > > > > http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=1524081&group_id=5470&atid=105470 > > > > I am willing to try and patch the problem, but I'd like to discuss my ideas > > first. > > > > The basic problem is that, in some locale, "INFO".lower() != "info". So, > > initializing a dictionary with keys that appear to be lower-case in English > > is unsafe for other locale. > > > > Now, the other problem is, people can choose to initialize the locale any > > time > > they want, and can choose to change it too. My initial approach was to > > create > > the dictionary with strings to which lower() was explicitly called. > > > > But, since priority_names is class-scoped, it gets evaluated at module > > import > > time, which is way too early in the game (most likely the locale will be set > > afterwards). > > > > Any thoughts on the proper way to approach this? > > To follow up on my own email: it looks like, even though in some locale > "INFO".lower() != "info" > > u"INFO".lower() == "info" (at least in the Turkish locale). > > Is that guaranteed, at least for now (for the current versions of python)? > > Thanks, > Misa > _______________________________________________ > 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/guido%40python.org > -- --Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/) _______________________________________________ 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
