New submission from Steven D'Aprano: As per the discussion here:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-ideas/2013-July/022419.html \N{} escapes should support the Unicode code point notation U+xxxx (where there are four, five or six hex digits after the U+). E.g. '\N{U+03BB}' => 'λ' unicodedata.lookup should also support such numeric names, e.g.: unicodedata.lookup('U+03BB') => 'λ' As '+' is otherwise prohibited in Unicode character names, there should never be ambiguity between 'U+xxxx' as a code point and an actual name, and a single lookup function can handle both. (See http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.2.0/ch04.pdf#G39 for details on characters allowed in names.) Also add a function for the reverse unicodedata.codepoint('λ') => 'U+03BB' def codepoint(c): return 'U+{:04X}'.format(ord(c)) ---------- components: Unicode messages: 194075 nosy: ezio.melotti, stevenjd priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Enhanced \N{} escapes for Unicode strings type: enhancement versions: Python 3.4 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue18614> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
