Py 3.3, unicode / upper()

[Serhiy Storchaka]

On 19.12.12 17:40, Chris Angelico wrote:
> Interestingly, IDLE on my Windows box can't handle the bolded
> characters very well...
>
>>>> s="\U0001d407\U0001d41e\U0001d425\U0001d425\U0001d428, \U0001d430\U0001d428\U0001d42b\U0001d425\U0001d41d!"
>>>> print(s)
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>    File "<pyshell#2>", line 1, in <module>
>      print(s)
> UnicodeEncodeError: 'UCS-2' codec can't encode character '\U0001d407'
> in position 0: Non-BMP character not supported in Tk
>
> I think this is most likely a case of "yeah, Windows XP just sucks".
> But I have no reason or inclination to get myself a newer Windows to
> find out if it's any different.

No, this is a Tcl/Tk limitation (I don't know if this was fixed in 8.6).