Python, Unicode, l8n and i18n

[Alex Martelli]

"David LeBlanc" <whisper at oz.nospamnet> wrote in message
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> Has anyone taken a look at using the International Components for Unicode
> with/as part of Python:

As ICU uses C++ (albeit minimally) I don't think it can become a part
of Python (Python being firmly wedded to C).  *Using* it is another
matter -- as I understand, it *does* have a C-callable interface (have
not looked at it in detail, yet) -- and anyway it could no doubt be
wrapped e.g. with Boost Python, CXX, or maybe even Swig.  It DOES
appear VERY interesting if one has difficult internationalization
needs (collation, calendar, currency, ...)!


Alex