On Wed, 07 Sep 2016 02:27:40 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Wed, Sep 7, 2016 at 2:13 AM, Wildman via Python-list > <python-list@python.org> wrote: >> On Tue, 06 Sep 2016 02:51:39 -0700, wxjmfauth wrote: >> >>> It's curious to see all these apps, that were >>> more of less working correctly up to Python 3.2 >>> (included) and are now no more working at all. >>> >>> Probably something wrong somewhere... >> >> http://sebastianraschka.com/Articles/2014_python_2_3_key_diff.html > > That's jmf, and he never actually posts proof, but keeps on asserting > that Unicode handling in Python 3.3+ is "broken". Actually, it's not. > The worst criticism you can level at it is that it may be slower in > certain microbenchmarks... but only if you're comparing against a > *narrow build* of Python 3.2, which is *buggy*. In other words, Python > eliminated an endemic bug, and actually improved performance overall, > but worsened it on a very VERY few cases. > > Most of us have either killfiled him, or are reading this via the > mailing list, which doesn't carry his traffic. I suggest you do the > same. He's a crank. > > ChrisA
Thanks for the heads-up. -- <Wildman> GNU/Linux user #557453 "Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every new year find you a better man." -Benjamin Franklin -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
