Le samedi 18 août 2012 14:27:23 UTC+2, Steven D'Aprano a écrit : > [...] > The problem with UCS-4 is that every character requires four bytes. > [...]
I'm aware of this (and all the blah blah blah you are explaining). This always the same song. Memory. Let me ask. Is Python an 'american" product for us-users or is it a tool for everybody [*]? Is there any reason why non ascii users are somehow penalized compared to ascii users? This flexible string representation is a regression (ascii users or not). I recognize in practice the real impact is for many users closed to zero (including me) but I have shown (I think) that this flexible representation is, by design, not as optimal as it is supposed to be. This is in my mind the relevant point. [*] This not even true, if we consider the €uro currency symbol used all around the world (banking, accounting applications). jmf -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list