>> 	the patch has bad sideeffect: isprint('\t') result will go strange
>> 	unless you recompile your binary.
>Strange.
>I checked the behaviour on 1.4ish system and 1.5ish system.
>And both systems returns correct answer as follows:

	sorry about it.  I think I was looking into _ctype_ directly and
	discussing based on that.  i'll do more research again.

itojun