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Date: Wed, 31 Jul 2013 08:17:33 +0100
Subject: Re: RE Module Performance
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jul 31, 2013 at 6:45 AM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> if you care about minimizing every possible byte, you should
> use a low-level language like C. Then you can give every character 21
> bits, and be happy that you don't waste even one bit.

Could go better! Since not every character has been assigned, and some
are specifically banned (eg U+FFFE and U+D800-U+DFFF), you could cut
them out of your representation system and save memory!

ChrisA