I can't find a definition of the term "universal character set" in ISO 10646,
and your suggested rewrite doesn't include a definition.

Jens



On 17/03/2021 18.20, Corentin via SG16 wrote:
> Hello,
> I'd like to know how people would feel about adoption P231 with the following modifications
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> - In paragraph 1, change "Physical source file characters are mapped, in an implementation-defined manner, to the translation character set" to
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> "Physical source file characters are mapped, in an implementation-defined manner, to elements of the universal character set (excluding surrogates) [Note: Not all elements of the Universal character set are assigned to abstract characters]".
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> - In 5.3 remove the definition of translation character set
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> - Change
> A universal-character-name designates the abstract character in the translation character set whose UCS scalar value is the hexadecimal number represented by the sequence of hexadecimal-digits in the universal-character-name
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> A universal-character-name designates the element in the Universal character set whose UCS scalar value is the hexadecimal number represented by the sequence of hexadecimal-digits in the universal-character-name
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> - In the rest of the document, replace translation character set by Universal character set
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> - Postpone replacement of other misuses of the term "character" to future papers
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> I think it represents a reasonable consensus and I'd like to know if people who opposed the scalar value direction would feel the same.
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> Thanks,
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> Corentin
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> PS: As ever this is a terminology discussion with no behavior impact
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