Date: Wed, 17 Jun 2020 11:06:25 -0400
ISO/IEC 10646:2017 3.10 defines the term /code point/ as "value in the
UCS codespace".
Note that the definition restricts the term to the Unicode character set
(UCS).
SG16 may be interested in adopting this term as a generic term
applicable to any character set, perhaps as if it were defined as "a
value in the codespace of a character set".
The question is how or whether the C++ standard can overload or override
terms from its normative references in this way. [intro.defs]
<http://eel.is/c++draft/intro.defs> already provides overloaded
definitions for terms used in different portions of the standard. Would
it be reasonable to provide a definition of /code point/ in this section
that differs from that in ISO/IEC 10646? If so, would some form of
disambiguation be required?
Tom.
UCS codespace".
Note that the definition restricts the term to the Unicode character set
(UCS).
SG16 may be interested in adopting this term as a generic term
applicable to any character set, perhaps as if it were defined as "a
value in the codespace of a character set".
The question is how or whether the C++ standard can overload or override
terms from its normative references in this way. [intro.defs]
<http://eel.is/c++draft/intro.defs> already provides overloaded
definitions for terms used in different portions of the standard. Would
it be reasonable to provide a definition of /code point/ in this section
that differs from that in ISO/IEC 10646? If so, would some form of
disambiguation be required?
Tom.
Received on 2020-06-17 10:09:38