On Sat, 26 Oct 2013 20:41:58 -0500, Tim Chase wrote: > I'd be just as happy if Python provided a "sloppy string compare" > that ignored case, diacritical marks, and the like.
Simply ignoring diactrics won't get you very far. Most languages which use diactrics have standard conversions, e.g. รถ -> oe, which are likely to be used by anyone familiar with the language e.g. when using software (or a keyboard) which can't handle diactrics. OTOH, others (particularly native English speakers) may simply discard the diactric. So to be of much use, a fuzzy match needs to handle either possibility. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
