Re: Proposal to update Unicode handling for German s harp S (ß / ẞ) in Python’s case conversion methods
Chris Angelico via Python-list <[email protected]>
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On Sat, 18 Oct 2025 at 13:44, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Dear Python Developers, > > I would like to bring attention to an inconsistency and legacy behavior regarding the handling of the German sharp S characters in Python’s string case conversion methods. > This isn't Python's decision. The definition of Unicode case conversion is laid out in the Unicode standard; for U+00DF, you can find it in this page: https://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U0080.pdf > This would help align Python with current Unicode standards Do you have a reference for this? Is there a current Unicode standard that stipulates that U+00DF should be uppercased to U+1E9E? ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-list.python.org