In message <9906091621.AA02038@unicode.org>
John Cowan <cowan@locke.ccil.org> wrote:
> John Jenkins wrote:
>
> > Au contraire, Unicode *does* define U+0080 -- it's a control code of
> > undefined specific interpretation. Rendering two characters with the same
> > glyph is one thing, but imposing the semantics "alternate euro" on the
> > character is quite something else.
>
> Think of it as an error-recovery procedure when an invalid control
> character is received, or more accurately an instance of a whole
> class of error-recovery procedures: when an unknown C1 control
> character is received, interpret it as a valid CP125x graphic
> character.
>
Yuck.
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