[Python-Dev] Python and the Unicode Character Database

["Martin v. Löwis"]

> The former ensures that literals in code are always readable; the later
> allows users to enter numbers in their own number system. How could that
> be a bad thing?

It's YAGNI, feature bloat. It gives the illusion of supporting something
that actually isn't supported very well (namely, parsing local number
strings). I claim that there is no meaningful application
of this feature.

Regards,
Martin