utf - string translation

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hg wrote:
> Fredrik Lundh wrote:
>> hg wrote:
>>
>>> We noticed that len('à') != len('a')
>> sounds odd.
>>
>>>>> len('à') == len('a')
>> True
>>
>> are you perhaps using an UTF-8 editor?
>>
>> to keep your sanity, no matter what editor you're using, I recommend
>> adding a coding directive to the source file, and using *only* Unicode
>> string literals for non-ASCII text.
>>
>> or in other words, put this at the top of your file (where "utf-8" is
>> whatever your editor/system is using):
>>
>>    # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
>>
>> and use
>>
>>    u'<text>'
>>
>> for all non-ASCII literals.
>>
>> </F>
>>
> 
> Hi,
> 
> The problem is that:
> 
> # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
> import string
> print len('a')
> print len('à')
> 
> returns 1 then 2
> 
> and string.maketrans(str1, str2) requires that len(str1) == len(str2)
> 
> hg
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
PS: I'm running this under Idle