From: Asmus Freytag (asmusf@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Sat Apr 23 2005 - 15:52:08 CST
At 02:40 PM 4/23/2005, Hans Aberg wrote:
>At 13:46 -0700 2005/04/23, Asmus Freytag wrote:
>>>So, say one wants to correct "BRAKCET" to "BRACKET", then the new
>>>version of UnicodeDATA.txt will look like:
>>> FE17;PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL LEFT WHITE LENTICULAR BRACKET;Ps;...
>>> FE18;PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL RIGHT WHITE LENTICULAR BRAKCET;Pe;...
>>> FE18;PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL RIGHT WHITE LENTICULAR BRACKET;Pe;...
>>> FE19;PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL HORIZONTAL ELLIPSIS;Po;...
>>>If somebody refers to U-FE18 as "PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL RIGHT
>>>WHITE LENTICULAR BRAKCET", it will be recognized, but if the character
>>>is first translated into its code point, and then back to a character
>>>name, one gets back "PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL RIGHT WHITE
>>>LENTICULAR BRACKET". Of course, this last name will be recognized as well.
>>
>>This particular implementation of your idea would create a huge mess, as
>>many, many tools expect a single line for each character in
>>UnicodeData.txt. Your approach would break all these tools.
>>
>>But you are not alone in having considered aliases. The UTC has developed
>>a very stable system of naming properties, where aliases have been used
>>to correct typos and other issues.
>>
>>See my other post to this list from a few minutes ago.
>
>Clearly, if Unicode characters can have more than one name, changing from
>a situation where they formerly only had one name, computer software must
>be rewritten to accommodate for that. I leave it to the engineers to
>figure out what might be considered a less painful method.\
--"Just leave the driving to us."
A./
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