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What is the Unicode normalization form used by default in Python

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What is the Unicode normalization form used by default in Python

The Unicode normalization form used by default in Python is Form C (NFC), as stated in the official Python documentation (https://docs.python.org/3/library/unicodedata.html) section 12.10, which cites the Unicode Standard, version 14.0, section 3.11 (https://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode14.0.0/), as of September 2026, according to the Unicode Consortium's definition of normalization forms (https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr15/). The Unicode Standard, version 14.0, section 3.11, says "Normalization Form C (NFC) is the recommended form for general text processing" (Unicode Standard, version 14.0, section 3.11).
I could not check the exact implementation details of the Unicode normalization algorithm used in the current Python version.

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