[Python-Dev] unicodedata.numeric (was RE: stupid floating point question...)

[Jeremy Hylton]

>>>>> "NH" == Neil Hodgson <nhodgson@bigpond.net.au> writes:

  NH>    Finds about 130 characters. The only ones I feel are worth
  NH>    worrying about
  NH> are the half, quarters and eighths (0xbc, 0xbd, 0xbe, 0x215b,
  NH> 0x215c, 0x215d, 0x215e) which are commonly used for expressing
  NH> the prices of stocks and commodities in the US. This may be
  NH> rarely used but it is better to have it available than to have
  NH> people coding up their own translation tables.

The US no longer uses fraction to report stock prices.  Example:
    http://business.nytimes.com/market_summary.asp

LEADERS                            Last      Range         Change    
AMERICAN INDL PPTYS REIT  (IND)   14.06  13.56  - 14.06  0.25  / 1.81% 
R G S ENERGY GROUP INC  (RGS)     28.19  27.50  - 28.19  0.50  / 1.81% 
DRESDNER RCM GLBL STRT INC  (DSF)  6.63   6.63  - 6.63   0.06  / 0.95% 
FALCON PRODS INC  (FCP)            9.63   9.63  - 9.88   0.06  / 0.65% 
GENERAL ELEC CO  (GE)             59.00  58.63  - 59.75  0.19  / 0.32% 

Jeremy