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`_pyrepl.input.KeymapTranslator` tests for non-existent Unicode category

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Bug description:

The implementation of _pyrepl.input.KeymapTranslator has a check for input with Unicode category "C". This code has been present since the initial commit of the new REPL in #111567. However, no such category is ever returned by unicodedata because there is no "C" entry in the list of category names¹

>>> any(unicodedata.category(chr(n)) == "C" for n in range(sys.maxunicode))  # Python 3.12
False

I'm not familiar enough with _pyrepl to know what the implications of this always-false predicate are, but I do know that the block in question is effectively dead code because of it.

I think this is meant to be a .startswith() check for the Other category identified by UAX #​44, i.e. the union of Cc | Cf | Cs | Co | Cn, in line with other usage in _pyrepl.reader. I'll open a PR for that.


¹ the list of category names is hardcoded in makeunicodedata.py rather than derived from UCD, which does define C = Cc | Cf | Cs | Co | Cn in PropertyValueAliases.txt. I don't think there's any version of the unicodedata API that would support returning "C" here, though. Just being a little obsessive.

CPython versions tested on:

CPython main branch

Operating systems tested on:

Linux

Linked PRs
  • gh-123683

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Start with Lib/_pyrepl/input.py at lines 94-95 and compare the related Unicode-category usage in Lib/_pyrepl/reader.py. Verify the behavior described in the report and inspect the relevant _pyrepl tests; done means the implementation and tests correctly reflect the intended Unicode category handling.

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python
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cli
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