from the above output, ``'Ll'`` means 'Letter, lowercase', ``'No'`` means
"Number, other", ``'Mn'`` is "Mark, nonspacing", and ``'So'`` is "Symbol,
other". See
-<http://unicode.org/Public/5.1.0/ucd/UCD.html#General_Category_Values> for a
+<http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr44/#General_Category_Values> for a
list of category codes.
References
This module provides access to the Unicode Character Database which defines
character properties for all Unicode characters. The data in this database is
-based on the :file:`UnicodeData.txt` file version 5.1.0 which is publicly
+based on the :file:`UnicodeData.txt` file version 5.2.0 which is publicly
available from ftp://ftp.unicode.org/.
The module uses the same names and symbols as defined by the UnicodeData File
-Format 5.1.0 (see http://www.unicode.org/Public/5.1.0/ucd/UCD.html). It defines
-the following functions:
+Format 5.2.0 (see http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr44/). It defines the
+following functions:
.. function:: lookup(name)
a timeout was provided and the operation timed out.
(Contributed by Tim Lesher; :issue:`1674032`.)
-* The Unicode database provided by the :mod:`unicodedata` module
- remains at version 5.1.0, but Python now uses it internally to
- determine which characters are numeric, whitespace, or represent
- line breaks. The database also now includes information from the
- :file:`Unihan.txt` data file. (Patch by Anders Chrigström
+* The Unicode database has been updated to the version 5.2.0.
+ (Updated by Florent Xicluna; :issue:`8024`.)
+
+* The Unicode database provided by the :mod:`unicodedata` is used
+ internally to determine which characters are numeric, whitespace,
+ or represent line breaks. The database also now includes information
+ from the :file:`Unihan.txt` data file. (Patch by Anders Chrigström
and Amaury Forgeot d'Arc; :issue:`1571184`.)
* The :class:`UserDict` class is now a new-style class. (Changed by
/* ------------------------------------------------------------------------
- unicodedata -- Provides access to the Unicode 5.1 data base.
+ unicodedata -- Provides access to the Unicode 5.2 data base.
- Data was extracted from the Unicode 5.1 UnicodeData.txt file.
+ Data was extracted from the Unicode 5.2 UnicodeData.txt file.
Written by Marc-Andre Lemburg (mal@lemburg.com).
Modified for Python 2.0 by Fredrik Lundh (fredrik@pythonware.com)
"This module provides access to the Unicode Character Database which\n\
defines character properties for all Unicode characters. The data in\n\
this database is based on the UnicodeData.txt file version\n\
-5.1.0 which is publically available from ftp://ftp.unicode.org/.\n\
+5.2.0 which is publically available from ftp://ftp.unicode.org/.\n\
\n\
The module uses the same names and symbols as defined by the\n\
-UnicodeData File Format 5.1.0 (see\n\
-http://www.unicode.org/Public/5.1.0/ucd/UCD.html).");
+UnicodeData File Format 5.2.0 (see http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr44/).");
static struct PyModuleDef unicodedatamodule = {