[Python-Dev] Unicode charnames impl. (original) (raw)

Andrew Kuchling akuchlin@mems-exchange.org
Sat, 25 Mar 2000 12:58:56 -0500 (EST)

Christian Tismer writes:

This is simply not the place to use a dictionary. You don't need fast lookup from names to codes, but something that supports incremental search. This would enable PythonWin to sho a pop-up list after you typed the first letters.

Hmm... one could argue that PythonWin or IDLE should provide their own database for incremental searching; I was planning on following Bill Tutt's suggestion of generating a perfect minimal hash for the names. gperf isn't up to the job, but I found an algorithm that should be OK. Just got to implement it now... But, if your approach pays off it'll be superior to a perfect hash.

Is there any reason why you didn't use the UnicodeData.txt file, I mean do I cover everything if I continue to use that?

Oops; I saw the NameList file and just went for it; maybe it should use the full UnicodeData.txt.

--amk