Module converter

Handle Converter

handle_converter provides functions to detect confusable Unicode characters in a given input string and return its canonical form.

Constants

HANDLE_DELIMITER

Delimiter for handles

Statics

CONFUSABLES

The mapping from homoglyph character to canonical Unicode character

Functions

convert_to_canonical

Creates a new HandleConverter instance with a built confusables map. Converts a given string to its canonical form by stripping Unicode whitespace, replacing confusable characters, and stripping diacritical marks. The resulting string is converted to lowercase ASCII characters.

replace_confusables

Replaces any characters in the input string that are confusable with a different character.

split_display_name

Splits the given display name into its base handle and handle suffix.

strip_diacriticals

This function removes diacritical marks from the input string and returns a new String without them.

strip_unicode_whitespace

Strips any Unicode whitespace characters from the provided string and returns the resulting string.

trim_and_collapse_whitespace

Trims whitespace from the head and tail and collapses all other whitespace to just a single space