trying to strip out non ascii.. or rather convert non ascii

[wxjmfauth at gmail.com]

Le mardi 29 octobre 2013 06:22:27 UTC+1, Steven D'Aprano a écrit :
> On Mon, 28 Oct 2013 07:01:16 -0700, wxjmfauth wrote:
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> > And of course, logically, they are very, very badly handled with the
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> > Flexible String Representation.
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> I'm reminded of Cato the Elder, the Roman senator who would end every 
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> speech, no matter the topic, with "Ceterum censeo Carthaginem esse 
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> delendam" ("Furthermore, I consider that Carthage must be destroyed").
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> But at least he had the good grace to present that as an opinion, instead 
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> of repeating a falsehood as if it were a fact.
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> Steven

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>>> import timeit
>>> timeit.timeit("a = 'hundred'; 'x' in a")
0.12621293837694095
>>> timeit.timeit("a = 'hundreij'; 'x' in a")
0.26411553466961735

If you are understanding the coding of characters, Unicode
and what this FSR does, it is a child play to produce gazillion
of examples like this.

(Notice the usage of a Dutch character instead of a boring €).

jmf