Python Unicode handling wins again -- mostly

Chris Angelico rosuav at gmail.com
Sat Nov 30 20:13:54 EST 2013


On Sun, Dec 1, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info> wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Nov 2013 18:52:48 -0600, Tim Chase wrote:
>
>> On 2013-12-01 00:22, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>>> * KELVIN SIGN versus LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A
>>
>> I should hope so ;-)
>
>
> I blame my keyboard, where letters A and K are practically right next to
> each other, only seven letters apart. An easy typo to make.

“It’s an easy mistake to make” the PFY concurs “Many’s the time I’ve
picked up a cattle prod thinking it was a lint remover as I’ve helped
groom one of your predecessors before an important board meeting about
slashing the IT budget.”

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/11/26/bofh_2010_episode_18/

ChrisA



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