[luatex] problem with slnunicode's find

[Jonathan Fine]

Khaled Hosny wrote:
> On Thu, Mar 04, 2010 at 08:08:56PM +0000, Jonathan Fine wrote:
>> Yes, Stephan, they do start at zero.  So for Unicode in Lua, Python
>> would be a good example to study and perhaps follow.
> 
> Actually, python < 3.0 is a horrible mess Unicode-wise and I'd never
> ever try to follow it. Python is my favorite programming language, but
> I'd never call its Unicode support a "good example".

"Horrible mess":  a provocative statement!

See here for the problems that are recognised and fixed in Python 3.

http://docs.python.org/dev/3.0/whatsnew/3.0.html#text-vs-data-instead-of-unicode-vs-8-bit

Khaled:  Please suggest, with reasons, a better example to follow.

-- 
Jonathan