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Re: Looking for UNICODE to ASCII Conversioni Example Code

Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Date 2013-10-19 08:26 -0700
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Subject Re: Looking for UNICODE to ASCII Conversioni Example Code
From rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com>

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On Saturday, October 19, 2013 8:40:37 PM UTC+5:30, Roy Smith wrote:
>  Zero Piraeus  wrote:
> 
> > For example, a miscreant may create the username 'míguel' in order to
> > pose as another user 'miguel', relying on other users inattentiveness.
> > Asciifying is one way of reducing the risk of that.
> 
> 
> Determining if two strings are "almost the same" is not easy.  If míguel 
> and miguel are to be considered the same, then why not also consider 
> michael to be the same?  Or, for that matter, mike, mikey, or mick?  
> There's no easy answer, and what's the right answer for some 
> applications will be the wrong answer for others.

I did not know till quite recently that Jean and Ivan were just good ol John

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Looking for UNICODE to ASCII Conversioni Example Code caldwellinva@gmail.com - 2013-10-18 13:45 -0700
  Re: Looking for UNICODE to ASCII Conversioni Example Code Zero Piraeus <z@etiol.net> - 2013-10-18 19:02 -0300
  Re: Looking for UNICODE to ASCII Conversioni Example Code Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-10-19 09:19 +0000
    Re: Looking for UNICODE to ASCII Conversioni Example Code Zero Piraeus <z@etiol.net> - 2013-10-19 11:14 -0300
      Re: Looking for UNICODE to ASCII Conversioni Example Code Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-10-19 11:10 -0400
        Re: Looking for UNICODE to ASCII Conversioni Example Code rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2013-10-19 08:26 -0700
      Re: Looking for UNICODE to ASCII Conversioni Example Code Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2013-10-19 16:16 +0000
        Re: Looking for UNICODE to ASCII Conversioni Example Code Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-10-19 09:49 -0700
          Re: Looking for UNICODE to ASCII Conversioni Example Code Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-20 09:10 +1100
            Re: Looking for UNICODE to ASCII Conversioni Example Code Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-10-19 21:52 -0400
              Re: Looking for UNICODE to ASCII Conversioni Example Code Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-20 13:09 +1100
                Re: Looking for UNICODE to ASCII Conversioni Example Code Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-10-19 22:13 -0400
                Re: Looking for UNICODE to ASCII Conversioni Example Code Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> - 2013-10-20 13:26 +1100
                Re: Looking for UNICODE to ASCII Conversioni Example Code Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2013-10-20 13:29 +1100
                Re: Looking for UNICODE to ASCII Conversioni Example Code Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2013-10-20 10:11 +0100
  Re: Looking for UNICODE to ASCII Conversioni Example Code Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2013-10-19 08:28 -0400
  Re: Looking for UNICODE to ASCII Conversioni Example Code caldwellinva@gmail.com - 2013-10-19 05:50 -0700

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