Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!gegeweb.org!de-l.enfer-du-nord.net!feeder2.enfer-du-nord.net!cs.uu.nl!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.037 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.93; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'character,': 0.09; 'subject: [': 0.09; 'works.': 0.09; 'python': 0.11; 'did.': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'implementing': 0.19; 'unicode': 0.24; 'subject:/': 0.26; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'am,': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'fri,': 0.33; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'there': 0.35; 'received:209': 0.37; 'subject:]': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'charset:windows-1252': 0.65; 'between': 0.67; 'mar': 0.68; 'characters,': 0.84; 'subject:long': 0.84; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:x-received:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id :subject:from:to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=ohPGWzuVCX8CJWE8QZoGKzClMnOztrD/Pzd1QMC6UxI=; b=Px2RD6geC3la2c/Ydzzbvc6K2iJ+KiPL91soKQ7gyLrqBODV9W+WJsGrA3BkFsMMaq 1QqlbCvJASq4GDbusVDfqnEXYgI0SvBqv6hT5tyvVxjRo6o24XZdJcLf0mr2clLWCh8F eQ/DqAGeZkrnKasvZa6r8jg10tZiOagQu2DXo1fdYWrnEDYoprAa8lqYwBqMBTQuvdG8 Yq/h3OLkHoD2fajEtN+USju/H7qz5X4C6uXI6YO7iHeVER0X3u7swzEptOTEhXe+v+tn 3pO9bh9YVShaEf6vqNbfoq8hZ2miOz/r4kyxaEVx17RMa6AYN1sHxmDxg9hMtTN5+ZBK y2GQ== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.220.103.7 with SMTP id i7mr28098778vco.7.1364493303911; Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:55:03 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <7f993624-8105-4055-a268-3417e5fe21dc@g4g2000yqd.googlegroups.com> References: <0b779c80-4f50-4716-8c30-47755c15f304@m12g2000yqp.googlegroups.com> <5153a12d$0$29998$c3e8da3$5496439d@news.astraweb.com> <987c4bd9-0e5e-4387-9c78-1075a77d3c47@c6g2000yqh.googlegroups.com> <7f993624-8105-4055-a268-3417e5fe21dc@g4g2000yqd.googlegroups.com> Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:55:03 +1100 Subject: Re: flaming vs accuracy [was Re: Performance of int/long in Python 3] From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 12 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1364493306 news.xs4all.nl 6927 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:50022 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:42177 On Fri, Mar 29, 2013 at 4:48 AM, jmfauth wrote: > If Python had imlemented Unicode correctly, there would > be no difference in using an "a", "=E9", "=80" or any character, > what the narrow builds did. I'm not following your grammar perfectly here, but if Python were implementing Unicode correctly, there would be no difference between any of those characters, which is the way a *wide* build works. With a narrow build, there is a difference between BMP and non-BMP characters. ChrisA