John Machin wrote:
> On Feb 6, 9:24 pm, Chris Rebert <c...@rebertia.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 1:49 AM, Kalyankumar Ramaseshan
>>
>> <soft_sm...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>> Excuse me if this is a repeat question!
>>> I just wanted to know how are strings represented in python?
>>> I need to know in terms of:
>>> a) Strings are stored as UTF-16 (LE/BE) or UTF-32 characters?
>
> Neither.
>
>> IIRC, Depends on what the build settings were when CPython was
>> compiled. UTF-16 is the default.
>
> Unicode strings are held as arrays of 16-bit numbers or 32-bit numbers
> [of which only 21 are used]. If you must use an acronym, use UCS-2 or
> UCS-4.
>
> The UTF-n siblings are *external* representations.
> 2.x: a_unicode_object.decode('UTF-16') -> an_str_object
> 3.x: an_str_object.decode('UTF-16') -> a_bytes_object
>
> By the way, has anyone come up with a name for the shifting effect
> observed above on str, and also with repr, range, and the iter*
> family? If not, I suggest that the language's association with the
> best of English humour be widened so that it be dubbed the "Mad
> Hatter's Tea Party" effect.
>
Bitwise shifts and rotates are collectively referred to as skew
operations. I therefore suggest the term "skewing". :-)
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