calendar should understand full- vs. half-width characters

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Estimated time
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Newbie friendliness
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Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
python
Domain
internationalization

Research direction

Start by reading Python's calendar module and the referenced dependency, bpo-12568, which concerns character width in columns. Determine the expected handling of full- and half-width characters and identify the relevant tests or entry points; done means the behavior is specified and covered by tests.

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Description

stdlib type-feature
BPO 17048
Nosy @rhettinger, @terryjreedy, @ezio-melotti, @chason, @ishigoya
Dependencies
  • bpo-12568: Add functions to get the width in columns of a character
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    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2013-01-27.08:38:10.091>
labels = ['type-feature', 'library']
title = 'calendar should understand full- vs. half-width characters'
updated_at = <Date 2018-01-29.05:13:25.560>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/nneonneo'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2018-01-29.05:13:25.560>
actor = 'chason.chaffin'
assignee = 'none'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Library (Lib)']
creation = <Date 2013-01-27.08:38:10.091>
creator = 'nneonneo'
dependencies = ['12568']
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 17048
keywords = []
message_count = 4.0
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nosy_count = 6.0
nosy_names = ['rhettinger', 'terry.reedy', 'nneonneo', 'ezio.melotti', 'chason.chaffin', 'ishigoya']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = None
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue17048'
versions = ['Python 3.4']

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