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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2012 01:54:24 +1000
Subject: Re: Flexible string representation, unicode, typography, ...
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On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 1:43 AM,  <wxjmfauth@gmail.com> wrote:
> If "Python" has found a new way to cover the set
> of the Unicode characters, why not proposing it
> to the Unicode consortium?

Python's open source. If some other language wants to borrow the idea,
they can look at the code, or alternatively, just read PEP 393 and
implement something similar. It's a free world.

By the way, can you please trim the quoted text in your replies? It's
rather lengthy.

ChrisA