[Python-3000] Support for PEP 3131 (original) (raw)

Jim Jewett jimjjewett at gmail.com
Fri May 25 20:49:55 CEST 2007

On 5/25/07, Adam Olsen <rhamph at gmail.com> wrote:

On 5/25/07, Jim Jewett <jimjjewett at gmail.com> wrote: > On 5/25/07, Adam Olsen <rhamph at gmail.com> wrote: > > If we allowed an underscore as a mixed-script separator > > (allowing "def get原料(self):"), does this let us get away > > with otherwise banning mixed-scripts?

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Indeed, the whole-script confusables does create significant holes, but I think the best solution is still to ban mixed-scripts and accept that it's only a "75% solution". Using an "I'm expecting cyrillic" flag makes it harder for those who need cyrillic AND still leaves them vulnerable to the same problem we're trying to protect ourselves from.

hmm... I had thought they should either not include the confusable letters, or use different fonts -- whatever they normally do.

But I suppose using an _ separator could still be a useful crutch. Whether it is useful enough ... I'll let others chime in.

A more extreme solution would be to introduce a symbol type that converts that converts whole-script confusables to a canonical form

The unicode consortium recommends against this. I'm not sure if it is just a presentation issue, or concerns about compatibility; the "confusables" lists are explicitly allowed to change.

-jJ

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