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Re: Universal Character Names, v2

From: martin at v dot loewis dot de (Martin v. Löwis)
To: Zack Weinberg <zack at codesourcery dot com>
Cc: gcc-patches at gcc dot gnu dot org
Date: 29 Nov 2002 10:18:27 +0100
Subject: Re: Universal Character Names, v2
References: <200211282334.gASNYdTA004058@mira.informatik.hu-berlin.de><87r8d5rq2b.fsf@egil.codesourcery.com>

Zack Weinberg <zack@codesourcery.com> writes:

> ... 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.

It appears that UAX#15 is unsuitable for C and C++ in unmodified
form. For example, it does not allow underscores (U+005F) as the first
character of an identifier; I think this restriction of C is not
acceptable.

What modifications to <identifier_start> and <identifier_extend> do I
need to make?

I really dislike having to work with such a wishy-washy spec as
UAX#15, which gives so many options that you may use or ignore, at
your own liking. I really did not mean to design my own language.

Regards,
Martin

References:
- Universal Character Names, v2
  - From: Martin v. Löwis
- Re: Universal Character Names, v2
  - From: Zack Weinberg

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