Re: Differences between Unicode and ISO 10646 regarding canonical equivalence and deprecation

From: Karl Pentzlin (karl-pentzlin@acssoft.de)
Date: Tue Sep 16 2008 - 05:03:12 CDT

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    Am Dienstag, 16. September 2008 um 11:38 schrieb Mark Davis:

    >> except an informative note that these characters may need some
    >> attention in environments using Unicode.

    MD> This is a bit peculiar. I can't think of a significant
    MD> implementation of 10646 that doesn't implement it via Unicode (or
    MD> at least attempt it), so saying this is like having a biology
    MD> manual with "an informative note that X may need some attention in
    MD> environments where life is carbon-based."

    The ISO/IEC 9995 standards refer to ISO 10646 only to get the names
    and the identities of the characters, not their factual implementation
    or their encoding. Thus, besides applying to real life, they also
    apply to zombies like ISO 6937.

    - Karl Pentzlin



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