From: Asmus Freytag (asmusf@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Mon Jan 05 2009 - 19:22:11 CST
On 1/5/2009 4:52 PM, André Szabolcs Szelp wrote:
> I have understood the argument of the UTC why they want these emoji in
> Unicode ("they are currently handled by operators as characters in a
> particular encoding scheme"), but I have not heard answers how they
> wish to proceed in future if someone wants to have arbitrary
> characters accepted based on the same argument/precedent. ("something
> handled in some context as characters in a particular encoding
> scheme")
>
> I would be grateful if UTC could sketch an anticipated procedure.
>
>
This kind of thing is properly a case-by-case decision that weighs the
nature of the characters, their usage, and their impact on existing
Unicode-based implementations. Trying to anticipate all possible
situations, or worse, setting hard and fast rules is not helpful. If
rule-based character encoding were possible, we would not have character
encoding committees but a rule-book and a registrar.
A./
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