It would be nice to get access to complete locale-specific ctype information: iscntrl() isgraph() isprint() ispunct() Also, the string.uppercase and string.lowercase depend on LC_CTYPE locale. The string module has two other members that could depend on LC_CTYPE, string.punctuation and string.printable. The current docs (in http://www.python.org/doc/2.3.4/lib/module-string.html) on string.printable is misleading, as string.printable is not changed after LC_CTYPE locale changes, and it is always printable = digits + ascii_letters + punctuation + whitespace My approach is to create string.printable and string.punctuation based on locale information, just like string.uppercase and string.lowercase is done, and add string.ascii_punctuation and string.ascii_printable for the C locale values. Patch containing proposed changes in stringobject, string and _locale modules attached. No tests nor changes to the docs, sorry.
Logged In: YES user_id=21627 Why do you need these functions? It is convention that the Unicode type provides the same or more methods, can you provide a patch that has a meaningful definition for these methods for Unicode strings? Reclassifying issue as a patch.
Logged In: YES user_id=21627 I personally don't see a need for these functions. As the submitter cannot explain the need, either, I'm rejecting the patch.
