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List:       python-3000
Subject:    [Python-3000] canonicalization [was: On PEP 3116: new I/O base
From:       guido () python ! org (Guido van Rossum)
Date:       2007-06-22 15:58:04
Message-ID: ca471dc20706220858l5bc3597l6c85e2d0d306803d () mail ! gmail ! com
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On 6/21/07, "Martin v. L?wis" <martin at v.loewis.de> wrote:
[Guido]
> > Have we agreed on the level of
> > normalization for source code yet? I'm pretty sure we have agreed on
> > *when* it happens, i.e. (logically) before the lexer starts scanning
> > the source code.
>
> That isn't actually my view: I would apply normalization *only* to
> identifiers, i.e. leave string literals unmodified. If people would
> rather see normalization applied to the entire input, that would be
> an option, of course (although perhaps more expensive to implement,
> as you need to perform it on all source, even if that source turns
> out to be ASCII only).

OK, sorry, I must've stopped reading that thread at the wrong moment.
No need to change it on my behalf.

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