RustPython · Copilot · Apr 5, 2026 · Apr 5, 2026 · Apr 5, 2026 · Apr 5, 2026
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
@@ -153,6 +153,7 @@ rustpython-vm = { path = "crates/vm", default-features = false, version = "0.5.0
 rustpython-pylib = { path = "crates/pylib", version = "0.5.0" }
 rustpython-stdlib = { path = "crates/stdlib", default-features = false, version = "0.5.0" }
 rustpython-sre_engine = { path = "crates/sre_engine", version = "0.5.0" }
+rustpython-unicode = { path = "crates/unicode", default-features = false, version = "0.5.0" }
 rustpython-wtf8 = { path = "crates/wtf8", version = "0.5.0" }
 rustpython-doc = { path = "crates/doc", version = "0.5.0" }
 

diff --git a/crates/codegen/Cargo.toml b/crates/codegen/Cargo.toml
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ std = ["thiserror/std", "itertools/use_std"]
 
 [dependencies]
 rustpython-compiler-core = { workspace = true }
+rustpython-unicode = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 rustpython-literal = {workspace = true }
 rustpython-wtf8 = { workspace = true }
 ruff_python_ast = { workspace = true }
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ num-traits = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 malachite-bigint = { workspace = true }
 memchr = { workspace = true }
-unicode_names2 = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 ruff_python_parser = { workspace = true }

diff --git a/crates/codegen/src/string_parser.rs b/crates/codegen/src/string_parser.rs
@@ -113,7 +113,9 @@ impl StringParser {
         let name_and_ending = self.skip_bytes(close_idx + 1);
         let name = &name_and_ending[..name_and_ending.len() - 1];
 
-        unicode_names2::character(name).ok_or_else(|| unreachable!())
+        rustpython_unicode::data::lookup(name)
+            .and_then(char::from_u32)
+            .ok_or_else(|| unreachable!())
     }
 
     /// Parse an escaped character, returning the new character.

diff --git a/crates/common/Cargo.toml b/crates/common/Cargo.toml
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ wasm_js = ["getrandom/wasm_js"]
 
 [dependencies]
 rustpython-literal = { workspace = true }
+rustpython-unicode = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 rustpython-wtf8 = { workspace = true }
 
 ascii = { workspace = true }
@@ -29,7 +30,6 @@ malachite-q = { workspace = true }
 malachite-base = { workspace = true }
 num-traits = { workspace = true }
 parking_lot = { workspace = true, optional = true }
-unicode_names2 = { workspace = true }
 radium = { workspace = true }
 
 lock_api = "0.4"

diff --git a/crates/common/src/encodings.rs b/crates/common/src/encodings.rs
@@ -414,7 +414,7 @@ pub mod errors {
             let mut out = String::with_capacity(num_chars * 4);
             for c in err_str.code_points() {
                 let c_u32 = c.to_u32();
-                if let Some(c_name) = c.to_char().and_then(unicode_names2::name) {
+                if let Some(c_name) = rustpython_unicode::data::name(c_u32) {
                     write!(out, "\\N{{{c_name}}}").unwrap();
                 } else if c_u32 >= 0x10000 {
                     write!(out, "\\U{c_u32:08x}").unwrap();

diff --git a/crates/literal/Cargo.toml b/crates/literal/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ license = { workspace = true }
 rust-version = { workspace = true }
 
 [dependencies]
+rustpython-unicode = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 rustpython-wtf8 = { workspace = true }
 
 hexf-parse = "0.2.1"
 is-macro.workspace = true
 lexical-parse-float = { version = "1.0.6", features = ["format"] }
 num-traits = { workspace = true }
-icu_properties = { workspace = true }
 
 [dev-dependencies]
 rand = { workspace = true }
diff --git a/crates/literal/src/char.rs b/crates/literal/src/char.rs
diff --git a/crates/literal/src/escape.rs b/crates/literal/src/escape.rs
@@ -204,7 +204,7 @@ impl UnicodeEscape<'_> {
             '\\' | '\t' | '\r' | '\n' => 2,
             ch if ch < ' ' || ch as u32 == 0x7f => 4, // \xHH
             ch if ch.is_ascii() => 1,
-            ch if crate::char::is_printable(ch) => {
+            ch if rustpython_unicode::classify::is_repr_printable(ch as u32) => {
                 // max = std::cmp::max(ch, max);
                 ch.len_utf8()
             }
@@ -238,7 +238,9 @@ impl UnicodeEscape<'_> {
             ch if ch.is_ascii() => {
                 write!(formatter, "\\x{:02x}", ch as u8)
             }
-            ch if crate::char::is_printable(ch) => formatter.write_char(ch),
+            ch if rustpython_unicode::classify::is_repr_printable(ch as u32) => {
+                formatter.write_char(ch)
+            }
             '\0'..='\u{ff}' => {
                 write!(formatter, "\\x{:02x}", ch as u32)
             }

diff --git a/crates/literal/src/lib.rs b/crates/literal/src/lib.rs
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 extern crate alloc;
 
-pub mod char;
 pub mod complex;
 pub mod escape;
 pub mod float;

diff --git a/crates/sre_engine/Cargo.toml b/crates/sre_engine/Cargo.toml
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ name = "benches"
 harness = false
 
 [dependencies]
+rustpython-unicode = { workspace = true, default-features = false }
 rustpython-wtf8 = { workspace = true }
 num_enum = { workspace = true }
 bitflags = { workspace = true }