Asmus Freytag scripsit:
> While "VARIATION SELECTOR" is the formal name of the character (and therefore
> fixed), referring to the selected thing as a 'variation' sounds really
> odd, that's why the more common term 'variant' is used all over the place.
> Perhaps we ought to make them formally synonyms, somewhat like code point
> and code location.
>
> I think it's a subtle thing. Without context, *VARIANT SELECTOR could be
> understood as a VARIANT of a SELECTOR. Equally, without context, referring
> of the 'variation' of a character is less clear than saying 'variant'.
The variation selector specifies the variation which will produce
the variant.
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