[Python-checkins] r86921 - python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst

[alexander.belopolsky]

Author: alexander.belopolsky
Date: Thu Dec  2 01:05:57 2010
New Revision: 86921

Log:
With Raymond's approval added a paragraph describing Unicode 6.0.0 changes.  Not reST formatted.

Modified:
   python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst

Modified: python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst
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--- python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst	(original)
+++ python/branches/py3k/Doc/whatsnew/3.2.rst	Thu Dec  2 01:05:57 2010
@@ -661,6 +661,23 @@
 Unicode
 =======
 
+Python has been updated to Unicode 6.0.0.  The new features of the
+Unicode Standard that will affect Python users include:
+
+* adds 2,088 characters, including over 1,000 additional symbols—chief
+among them the additional emoji symbols, which are especially
+important for mobile phones;
+
+* corrects character properties for existing characters including
+ - a general category change to two Kannada characters (U+0CF1,
+U+0CF2), which has the effect of making them newly eligible for
+inclusion in identifiers;
+
+ - a general category change to one New Tai Lue numeric character
+(U+19DA), which would have the effect of disqualifying it from
+inclusion in identifiers unless grandfathering measures are in place
+for the defining identifier syntax.
+
 The :mod:`os` module has two new functions: :func:`~os.fsencode` and
 :func:`~os.fsdecode`. Add :data:`os.environb`: bytes version of
 :data:`os.environ`, :func:`os.getenvb` function and