Re: uPy Unicode [was Re: Instead of deciding between Python or Lisp blah blah blah]

2015-05-12 Thread Chris Angelico
On Wed, May 13, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Wed, 13 May 2015 03:26 am, Chris Angelico wrote: > >> back when MicroPython was debating the implementation of Unicode >> strings, there was a lengthy discussion on python-dev about whether >> it's okay for string subscripting to be O(n

uPy Unicode [was Re: Instead of deciding between Python or Lisp blah blah blah]

2015-05-12 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On Wed, 13 May 2015 03:26 am, Chris Angelico wrote: > back when MicroPython was debating the implementation of Unicode > strings, there was a lengthy discussion on python-dev about whether > it's okay for string subscripting to be O(n) instead of O(1), and the > final decision was that yes, that's