[Python-ideas] adding a casefold() method to str (original) (raw)
Benjamin Peterson benjamin at python.org
Sun Jan 8 17:17:30 CET 2012
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Hi, Casefolding (Unicode Standard 3.13) is a more aggressive version of lowercasing. It's purpose to assist in the implementation of caseless mapping. For example, under lowercase "ß" -> "ß" but under casefolding "ß" -> "ss". I propose we add a casefold() method. So, case-insensitive matching should really be "one.casefold() == two.casefold()" rather than "one.lower() == two.lower()".
Regards, Benjamin
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