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Re: [isocpp-core] On implementing P2071

From: Tom Honermann <tom_at_[hidden]>
Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2022 10:58:23 -0400
On 4/14/22 2:03 AM, Jens Maurer wrote:
> On 14/04/2022 06.29, Tom Honermann wrote:
>> Peter Brett submitted WG2 N5168 <https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n5168R1-ISO10646.pdf> late last year and the WG2 project editor followed up with WG2 N5174 <https://www.unicode.org/wg2/docs/n5174-namesaliases.pdf>; a proposal to address the reported concerns regarding name aliases. The proposed changes add a normative reference to NameAliases.txt and, hopefully, clean up the presentation some.
> In general, I'm uneasy to refer to normative resources maintained outside
> of the ISO system. In ISO, I know what the process of revision and review
> is; for external resources, I don't. ISO probably has a way to publish
> machine-readable files alongside a standard, too. It appears that
> WG2 is following a different approach for ISO 10646, though.

That sounds like good feedback to offer the W2 project editor.

I will soon be submitting the feedback offered by you in
https://lists.isocpp.org/sg16/2022/03/3072.php to the W2 project editor.
Would you like me to include this feedback as well?

>
>> Perhaps it would be worthwhile reaching out to the WG2 project editor to report the difficulties you are encountering. Perhaps he would be amenable to addressing them editorially or in a revision of WG2 N5174.
> I seems this comment is addressed to Corentin, who reported difficulties
> in the first place?

Indeed it is.

Tom.

>
> Jens

Received on 2022-04-14 14:58:26