[Python-Dev] getting rid of ucnhash

2001年1月23日 21:46:37 -0500

> It's probably just me, but the names of the two unicode
> modules tend to irritate me:
>> > ls u*.pyd
> ucnhash.pyd unicodedata.pyd
>> (the former contains names, the latter data)
>> I've been meaning to rename the former, but I just realized
> that it might be better to get rid of it completely, and move
> its functionality into the unicodedata module.
>> The result is a single 200k unicodedata module, which con-
> tains the name database as well as two new functions:
>> name(character [, default]) => map unicode
> character to name. if the name doesn't exist,
> return the default object, or raise ValueError.
>> lookup(name) => unicode character
> (or raise KeyError if it doesn't exist)
>> Should I check it in now, change the names/semantics and check
> it in, or post it to sourceforge?

To me, both of these are irrelevant details of the Unicode
implementation. :-) IOW, feel free to check it in.
--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.python.org/~guido/)