Re: Proposal to update Unicode handling for German s harp S (ß / ẞ) in Python’s case conversion methods
Mashaal Al Hammdi via Python-list <[email protected]>
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Hello friends, Can I know what’s going on?! Please في سبت، 18 أكتوبر، 2025 في 7:11 ص، كتب Chris Angelico via Python-list < [email protected]>: > 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 > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-list.python.org