On 4/7/20 11:23 PM, JF Bastien via SG16 wrote:
> Hi SG16,
>
> I'd like you to take on CWG issue #1871 <http://wg21.link/cwg1871>:
>
>
> 1871. Non-identifier characters in /ud-suffix/
>
> *Section: *5.13.8 [lex.ext] *Status: *extension *Submitter:
> *Richard Smith *Date: *2014-02-17
>
> (From messages 24712
> <http://listarchives.isocpp.org/cgi-bin/wg21/message?wg=core&msg=24712> through
> 24714
> <http://listarchives.isocpp.org/cgi-bin/wg21/message?wg=core&msg=24714>,
> 24716
> <http://listarchives.isocpp.org/cgi-bin/wg21/message?wg=core&msg=24716>,
> 24717
> <http://listarchives.isocpp.org/cgi-bin/wg21/message?wg=core&msg=24717>,
> and 24719
> <http://listarchives.isocpp.org/cgi-bin/wg21/message?wg=core&msg=24719>.)
>
> A /ud-suffix/ is defined in 5.13.8 [lex.ext] as an /identifier/.
> This prevents plausible user-defined literals for currency
> symbols, which are not categorized as identifier characters.
>
> *Rationale (June, 2014):*
>
> CWG felt that a decision on whether to allow this capability or
> not should be considered by EWG.
>
>
> Please let EWG know what you think, given the ongoing TR31 work. EWG
> will then discuss your proposal, hopefully adopting it as-is, and
> forward to CWG.

Sounds good. I filed an SG16 issue
(https://github.com/sg16-unicode/sg16/issues/61) to ensure we follow up
on this. We'll discuss at an upcoming telecon.

Tom.

>
> Thanks,
>
> JF
>