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Re: [isocpp-core] On implementing P2071

From: Jonathan Wakely <cxx_at_[hidden]>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 07:55:28 +0100
Please don't just refer to papers by number, with no clue about the name.
Even after reading your email I have to make an educated guess about the
paper being discussed, or open another browser window to lookup
https://wg21.link/p2071

It's "Named universal character escapes".




On Mon, 4 Apr 2022, 08:39 Corentin via Core, <core_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> Hello folks.
> I'm currently trying to implement a conforming version of P2071.
>
> It's somewhat...difficult, as 10646 is not the most developer friendly
> source of truth.
>
> Are implementers expected to manually comb the code charts in the pdf of
> ISO 10646 to find the relevant names?
>
> I understand the desire to refer to ISO 10646 but...could we please add a
> notes along the lines of
> "The names and aliases are derived from the character names in
> UnicodeData.txt and the aliases classified as alternate, control or
> correction of NameAliases.txt"
>
> And if there are exceptions to that, I suppose we should find out?
>
>
>

Received on 2022-04-14 06:55:42