Glyphs and graphemes [was Re: Cult-like behaviour]

[Marko Rauhamaa]

Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python at pearwood.info>:

> On Tue, 17 Jul 2018 09:52:13 +0300, Marko Rauhamaa wrote:
>
>> Both Python2 and Python3 provide two forms of string, one containing
>> 8-bit integers and another one containing 21-bit integers.
>
> Why do you insist on making counter-factual statements as facts? Don't 
> you have a Python REPL you can try these outrageous claims out before 
> making them?
>
> [...]
>
> Python strings are sequences of abstract characters.

which -- by your definition -- are codepoints -- which by any
definition -- are integers.


Marko