gregory p smith amuhkryptoorg shouldnt isnumeric isdecimal apply 8bit strings well localization issues im blissfully unaware add methods consistency instead gps 31508 neal norwitz wrote inconsistency goes back 23 least probably initial unicode implementation setdiru setdir isnumeric isdecimal userstring contains two methods even though 8bit strings im sure 26 30 preference would remove methods unicodeuserstring arent useful large audience however removing 26 without deprecation seems bad suggestions n _______________________________________________ pythondev mailing list zvlllneumpythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopythondev unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspythondevgreg40kryptoorg wed 06 aug 2008 034345 0500 pythondev difference diff string implementations