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Re: [std-proposals] D4039R0 Sequential hexadecimal digits

From: Jan Schultke <janschultke_at_[hidden]>
Date: Sat, 28 Feb 2026 21:40:18 +0100
https://isocpp.org/files/papers/D4039R0.html

Alright, I've sprinkled in "any of" and simplified the wording a bit more.
I think it's much clearer now.

On Sat, 28 Feb 2026 at 21:31, Halalaluyafail3 <luigighiron_at_[hidden]> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 28, 2026 at 3:04 PM Jan Schultke <janschultke_at_[hidden]>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> The wording in your draft could be misinterpreted to mean that
> 0123456789ABCDEFabcdef is a single contiguous range.
> >
> >
> > The wording says "The code unit values of characters in the ranges ...".
> Emphasis on "ranges" being plural.
> >
> > How can someone interpret it to mean that the range (singular)
> 0123456789ABCDEFabcdef is contiguous?
>
> It could be read as referring to all three ranges collectively, and then
> saying
> all characters in all of those three ranges need to be contiguous and in
> the
> order of their assigned Unicode code points. I think that adding "each" to
> the
> text before "contiguous" would help clarify it.
>

Received on 2026-02-28 20:40:35