On Tue, Mar 21, 2017 at 12:30 AM, Marko Rauhamaa <ma...@pacujo.net> wrote: >> And in the Unicode specifications, > > Unicode was 25 years late to the game, but please point me to the > paragraph anyway.
3.3, D3 Character semantics: The semantics of a character are determined by its identity, normative properties, and behavior. That's the best I can find for you. The best statement that says "hey you idiot, a character's name indicates the intended semantics of that character". If U+0009's name were "SHORTER ENCODED FORM FOR SEQUENCE OF SPACES", then I might be prepared to believe you. But it isn't. It's "CHARACTER TABULATION". Does the specification really need to say "don't be a fool"? ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
