Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.074 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.85; '*S*': 0.00; 'argument': 0.05; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'alter': 0.09; 'changed;': 0.16; 'from:addr:rosuav': 0.16; 'from:name:chris angelico': 0.16; 'limit,': 0.16; 'subject:Could': 0.16; 'subject:Unicode': 0.16; 'tweak': 0.16; 'unlikely': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'variable': 0.18; '>>>': 0.22; 'aug': 0.22; 'together.': 0.24; "i've": 0.25; 'header :In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'correct': 0.29; 'michael': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; 'character': 0.29; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.30; '13,': 0.31; 'culture.': 0.31; 'anyone': 0.31; 'probably': 0.32; 'another': 0.32; 'subject:the': 0.34; 'could': 0.34; 'but': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'subject:List': 0.36; 'subject:?': 0.36; 'being': 0.38; 'system,': 0.38; 'whatever': 0.38; 'to:addr :python-list': 0.38; 'pm,': 0.38; 'rather': 0.38; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'most': 0.60; "you're": 0.61; 'back': 0.62; 'phone': 0.66; 'yes': 0.68; 'sms': 0.68; 'limit': 0.70; 'felt': 0.74; 'subject:this': 0.83; '160': 0.84; 'sms.': 0.84; 'subject:you': 0.87; 'response,': 0.91; '2013': 0.98 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :content-type; bh=0DMJrMPPOO5ZvaRgBuT4bViFLa6XUm/YSFd+Gjx4c44=; b=xlSBF5GMYTdT4KLixZeH7yStzgU0O5j+fNUxIviH2WGXBQYuEO4E7By+758ZCXy1Td cxHGVoXut0hdtL8r94mdkI9WoLbl/c/u9cgZClHh8HraftOZGDt+8bwYpjULyNN0Izrh Qa1XfrFx/NJ0EzWaXrA1tYmGcGujhbkdyUCuROwUf6zaqWudiutz4eHSxYBxc7mXSPiO za0Jli6Pbgs5ldAvp5FhV2NpcI0VbROXP7YwBVyHhQDuPsn2K2WhakqQfBIAZ0xT78aG 2GswQQ1bVhTjveFRhDFeiNkgT6Qn8yc7RUlWLdUs41bNuKDASa2+0NIfY9uoajQu6KE+ Vdeg== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.58.249.236 with SMTP id yx12mr1814913vec.25.1376358878109; Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:54:38 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <52099088.7030300@gmail.com> References: <5207AF15.7040604@mrabarnett.plus.com> <52099088.7030300@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 13 Aug 2013 02:54:38 +0100 Subject: Re: Could you verify this, Oh Great Unicode Experts of the Python-List? From: Chris Angelico To: python-list@python.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 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: 27 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1376358881 news.xs4all.nl 15940 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:53059 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.stben.net!border3.nntp.ams.giganews.com!border1.nntp.ams.giganews.com!nntp.giganews.com!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed3.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:52432 On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 2:48 AM, Michael Torrie wrote: > On 08/11/2013 11:54 PM, Gregory Ewing wrote: >> Michael Torrie wrote: >>> I've always wondered if the 160 character limit or whatever it is is a >>> hard limit in their system, or if it's just a variable they could tweak >>> if they felt like it. >> >> Isn't it for compatibility with SMS? Twitter could >> probably change it, but persuading all the cell phone >> networks to change at the same time might be rather >> difficult. > > Yes I think you're correct about it being limited for SMS. > > However I know of no phone or network that won't let you use longer > messages; multiple SMS packets are used and most phone paste them back > together. So no there's nothing that anyone needs to change to use > longer messages if they so chose. It's now just an arbitrary limit, > part of the twitter culture. It's unlikely to be changed; the limit demands brevity. 160 may be arbitrary now, but without strong argument for another cutoff, there's no reason to alter it. And that's my response, in 160 characters. :) ChrisA