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Re: [SG16] D1949R4 - Unicode Identifiers

From: Steve Downey <sdowney_at_[hidden]>
Date: Wed, 27 May 2020 14:21:29 -0400
Adopted the changes, except for the footnote, which corresponds to how the
LaTeX is marked up, with the \footnote inline in the text. The footnote
doesn't actually move, it's the rest of the text around it.

On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 1:24 AM Tom Honermann <tom_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Thanks, Steve. A few nit-picky comments below.
>
> In the new "Summary" section, in addition to noting that emoji will no
> longer be allowed in identifiers, I think it would be helpful to note that
> identifiers previously allowed for some scripts will no longer be allowed.
> This is mentioned in section 6.1, but I think also worthy of mention in the
> summary.
>
> In section 7, there is an instance of "C++. C++.".
>
> Section 7 states that N3146 "considered using UAX31". My reading of N3146
> is that it did use UAX #31, but it adapted what was then called the
> "Alternative Identifier Syntax" option. Unicode 9 renamed "Alternative
> Identifier Syntax" to "Immutable Identifiers". The relevant text from
> N3146 is:
>
> The set of UCNs *disallowed* in identifiers in C and C++ should exactly
> match the specification in [AltId], *with the following additions*: all
> characters in the Basic Latin (i.e. ASCII, basic source character) block,
> and all characters in the Unicode General Category "Separator, space".
>
> [AltId] corresponds to:
>
> Unicode Standard Annex #31: Unicode Identifier and Pattern Syntax,
> "Alternative Identifier Syntax",
> http://www.unicode.org/reports/tr31/tr31-11.html#Alternative_Identifier_Syntax
>
>
> Section 7 also states, "The Unicode standard has since made stability
> guarantees about identifiers, and created the XID_Start and XID_Continue
> properties to alleviate the stability concerns that existed in 2010."
> However, the Unicode 5.2 version of UAX #31 referenced by N3146 does
> reference XID_Start and XID_Continue. It looks to me like the XID
> properties have been around since at least 2005 and Unicode 4. Perhaps the
> XID properties were not stable at that time? Regardless, it looks like the
> quoted sentence needs an update.
>
> In section 9.3, the sub-sections are arguably out of order. The first two
> sub-sections are for R1 and R4 (requirements that are met), and the
> remaining sub-sections list requirements that are not met (including R1a,
> R1b, R2, and R3). I think the sub-section order should follow the
> requirement order (R1, R1a, R1b, R2, R3, R4, ...)
>
> In section 10, the end of the first paragraph appears to be missing an
> "XID"; "... character classes XID_Start and _Continue."
>
> In the wording for [lex.name]p1, the footnote is moved into the
> paragraph, but still states "footnote" instead of "note". If this is
> because Jens indicated this is how the editors expect relocation of a
> footnote to be communicated, then ignore this comment.
>
> In the wording for [lex.name]p1, the copied footnote text doesn't match
> the WP. There is a missing "\u in".
>
> In the annex wording for X.2 R1, can we avoid duplicating the grammar
> specification from [lex.name]?
>
> Tom.
>
> On 5/26/20 4:51 PM, Steve Downey via SG16 wrote:
>
> Find attached a draft of the UAX31 paper for discussion.
> Viewable at
> http://htmlpreview.github.io/?https://github.com/steve-downey/papers/blob/master/generated/p1949.html
> Source at https://github.com/steve-downey/papers/blob/master/p1949.md
>
> (note that github doesn't format the same way that mpark's WG21 format
> does)
>
>
>

Received on 2020-05-27 13:24:45