On Thu, Dec 20, 2012 at 1:23 AM, <wxjmfa...@gmail.com> wrote: > But, this is not the problem. > I was suprised to discover this: > >>>> 'Straรe'.upper() > 'STRASSE' > > I really, really do not know what I should think about that. > (It is a complex subject.) And the real question is why?
Not all strings can be uppercased and lowercased cleanly. Please stop trotting out the old Box Hill-to-Camberwell arguments[1] yet again. For comparison, try this string: '๐๐๐ฅ๐ฅ๐จ, ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ฅ๐!'.upper() And while you're at it, check out sys.getsizeof() on that sort of string, compare your beloved 3.2 on that. Oh, and also check out len() on it. [1] Melbourne's current ticketing system is based on zones, and Camberwell is in zone 1, and Box Hill in zone 2. Detractors of public transport point out that it costs far more to take the train from Box Hill to Camberwell than it does to drive a car the same distance. It's the same contrived example that keeps on getting trotted out time and time again. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
