[issue18231] What's new in Python should explain what's new in UCD

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[issue18231] What's new in Python should explain what's new in UCD

Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: It is not easy to figure out the consequences (if any) of UCD change for python grammar from unicode standard release notes. I went through this exercise for a few releases and I thought it would be useful to share in release notes. Since there does no

[issue18231] What's new in Python should explain what's new in UCD

Ezio Melotti added the comment: I agree with Martin, mentioning that the database has been updated should be enough. -- ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue18231] What's new in Python should explain what's new in UCD

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: I don't think anything of this is worth mentioning, except to mention the precise version number of the database. Anybody interested in the consequences of the change should read the announcement of the Unicode Consortium. --

[issue18231] What's new in Python should explain what's new in UCD

Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: MvL> Are you sure that the permission to use "KHMER VOWEL INHERENT AQ" MvL> in an identifier is worth mentioning? No, but it is worth mentioning that there are no more substantial changes. I don't think the change from 6.1.0 to 6.2.0 has any effect on py

[issue18231] What's new in Python should explain what's new in UCD

Martin v. Löwis added the comment: Are you sure that the permission to use "KHMER VOWEL INHERENT AQ" in an identifier is worth mentioning? Very few of the Python developers speak Khmer in the first place, let alone have the desire to use it in a Python identifier. -- nosy: +loewis ___

[issue18231] What's new in Python should explain what's new in UCD

Alexander Belopolsky added the comment: Here is another change that I think deserves an explicit mention in "What's New": Python 3.3.2 >>> exec('a\u17B4 = 5') >>> eval('a\u17B4') 5 Python 3.2.5 >>> exec('a\u17B4 = 5') Traceback (most recent call last): File "", line 1, in File "", line 1

[issue18231] What's new in Python should explain what's new in UCD

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[issue18231] What's new in Python should explain what's new in UCD

New submission from Alexander Belopolsky: At the minimum, we should refer to unicode.org: http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.1.0/#Database_Changes (for Python 3.3), http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode6.2.0/#Database_Changes (for Python 3.4). We may also want to highlight changes that