[Python-Dev] Python and the Unicode Character Database

["Martin v. Löwis"]

Am 07.12.2010 04:03, schrieb Alexander Belopolsky:
> On Sat, Dec 4, 2010 at 5:58 PM, "Martin v. Löwis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
>>> I actually wonder if Python's re module can claim to provide even
>>> Basic Unicode Support.
>>
>> Do you really wonder? Most definitely it does not.
>>
> 
> Were you more optimistic four years ago?
> 
> http://bugs.python.org/issue1528154#msg54864

Not at all. I thought back then, and think now, that Python should,
but doesn't, support TR#18. I don't view that lack as a severe problem,
though, and apparently none of the other contributors did so, either.

Regards,
Martin