source: heimdal/trunk/lib/wind/UnicodeData.py

#!/usr/local/bin/python
# -*- coding: iso-8859-1 -*-

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import re
import string

def read(filename):
    """return a dict of unicode characters"""
    ud = open(filename, 'r')
    ret = {}
    while True:
        l = ud.readline()
        if not l:
            break
        l = re.sub('#.*$', '', l)
        if l == "\n":
            continue
        f = l.split(';')
        key = int(f[0], 0x10)
        if key in ret:
            raise Exception('Duplicate key in UnicodeData')
        ret[key] = f[1:]
    ud.close()
    return ret