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Re: Universal Character Names, v2
zack@codesourcery.com (Zack Weinberg) wrote on 28.11.02 in <87r8d5rq2b.fsf@egil.codesourcery.com>:
> "Martin v. Löwis" <martin@v.loewis.de> writes:
> > - I have not decided to deviate from the C and C++ standards for
> > character tests. Reviewers commented that they dislike the approach
> > taken by the standards committees, and that the relevant Unicode
> > specification should be taken into account instead. I disagree, as I
> > consider the approach of giving explicit lists quite reasonable.
> > More importantly, I think that standards conformance should be
> > valued quite highly unless specific user demands require to
> > ignore or extend the standards; this is not the case in the
> > specific issue.
>
> ... which I disagree with. I am rejecting this patch until you
> implement support for Unicode as she is spoke, which means UAX#15
> including normalization, not whatever nonsense is in the C and C++
> standards.
Specifically, the argument "I prefer following the standard" is not useful
as an argument against following the other involved standard, especially
where it applies to a subject falling into the core competence of that
other standard.
MfG Kai