[Python-ideas] Support Unicode code point notation

[Steven D'Aprano]

On 28/07/13 10:30, Andrew Barnert wrote:

> Unicode could go past 10FFFF without dropping UTF-16, either by adding more surrogate pair ranges, or by adding surrogate triplets. It's really no different from extending UTF-8, which is no problem.
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> The problem is that we have no way to predict how they will extend UTF-16, UTF-8, or code point notation if that ever happens. Assuming that the max length for a code point is six nibbles does sound like assuming nobody will ever need more than 640k characters.

The Unicode Consortium formally guarantees stability of the character range U+0000 - U+10FFFF.

http://www.unicode.org/faq/utf_bom.html#utf16-6


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Steven