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On 3/21/2016 1:12 PM, BartC wrote:

> Given that 99.9998% of input byte data is ASCII, and 99.9999% of
> characters (in this data), is it unreasonable to concentrate on that
> 0..127 range?

No.  And if you take the approach of mapping the whole ascii set, you 
should use a lookup sequence rather than a lookup dict.

-- 
Terry Jan Reedy