Marko Rauhamaa <ma...@pacujo.net> writes: > That reminds me: " " [U+00A0 NON-BREAKING SPACE] is often used between > numbers and units, for example.
The non-breaking space (“ ” U+00A0) is frequently used in text to keep conceptually inseparable text such as “100 km” from automatic word breaks <URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-breaking_space>. Because of established, conflicting conventions for separating groups of digits (“1,234.00” in many countries; “1.234,00” in many others) <URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thousands_separator#Digit_grouping>, the “ ” U+2009 THIN SPACE <URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thin_Space> is recommended for separating digit groups (e.g. “1 234 567 m”) <URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SI_units#General_rules>. -- \ “We spend the first twelve months of our children's lives | `\ teaching them to walk and talk and the next twelve years | _o__) telling them to sit down and shut up.” —Phyllis Diller | Ben Finney -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
