On Thu, Jul 3, 2008 at 3:01 PM, Terry Reedy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > The premise is the OP's idea that Python should switch to all UCS4 to create > a more pure ('ideal') situation or the idea that len(s) should count > codepoints (correct term?) for all builds as a matter of purity even though > on it would be time-costly on 16-bit builds as a matter of practicality.
Wrong term - code units and code points are equivalent in UTF-16 and UTF-32. What you're looking for is unicode scalar values. -- Adam Olsen, aka Rhamphoryncus _______________________________________________ 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