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Title: Add hangul syllables to unicodedata.decomposititon
Type: enhancement Stage:
Components: Unicode Versions: Python 3.11
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Status: open Resolution:
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: Nosy List: ezio.melotti, frederic.grosshans, terry.reedy
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2021-04-23 17:39 by frederic.grosshans, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin.

Messages (2)
msg391715 - (view) Author: Frédéric Grosshans-André (frederic.grosshans) Date: 2021-04-23 17:39
Currently (python 3.8.6, unidata_version 12.1.0) unicodedata.decomposition outputs an empty string for hangul syllable (codepoints in the AC00..D7A3 range) while the decomposition is not empty: it is always two characters (either a LV syllable and a T Jamo or a L jamo and a V jamo). This decomposition is dedicible algorithmically (se §3.12 of Unicode Standard). A python version of the algorithm is below (I don’t know C, so I can’t propose a patch). 

For each hangul syllable hs, I have used unicodedata.noramize to check that the NFC of the decomposition is indeed hs, that the decomposition is two codepoints long, that the NFD of both hs and the decompotsition coincide 

def hangulsyllabledecomposition(c):
    if not 0xAC00 <= ord(c) <= 0xD7A3 : raise ValueError('only Hangul syllables allowed')
    dLV, T = divmod(ord(c) - 0xAC00, 28)
    if T!=0 : #it is a LVT syllable, decomposed into LV:=dLV*19 and T 
        return f'{0xAC00+dLV*28:04X} {0x11A7+T:04X}'
    else : #it is a LVT syllable, decomposed into L , V
        L, V = divmod(dLV,21)
        return f'{0x1100+L:04X} {0x1161+V:04X}'
    # Constants used:
    # ==============
    # 0xAC00 : first syllable == 1st LV syllable 
    #                            NB: there is one LV syllable every 28 codepoints
    # 0xD7A3 : last Hangul syllable
    # 0x1100 : first L jamo
    # 0x1161 : first V jamo
    # 0x11A7 : one before the 1st T jamo (0x1148), since T=0 means no trailing
    #
    # (all number below restricted for modern jamos where this algorithm is relevant)
    # 19 : Number of L jamos (not used here)
    # 21 : Number of V jamos
    # 28 : Number of T jamos plus one (since no T jamo for LV syllable)
msg391830 - (view) Author: Terry J. Reedy (terry.reedy) * (Python committer) Date: 2021-04-25 01:27
I verified the claim in 3.19.0a7 freshly compiled today.

>>> import unicodedata as ud
>>> ud.decomposition('\uac00')
''
>>> for cp in range(0xac00, 0xd7a4):
	if (s := ud.decomposition(chr(cp))) != '':
		print(cp, s)

>>>
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:59:44adminsetgithub: 88091
2021-04-27 14:21:34vstinnersetnosy: - vstinner
2021-04-25 01:27:57terry.reedysetversions: + Python 3.11, - Python 3.8
nosy: + terry.reedy

messages: + msg391830

type: enhancement
2021-04-23 17:39:30frederic.grosshanscreate