John,
> It's interesting how we find ways to get around rules that bother us....
This is a misrepresentation. The symbol was always intended to be the
Weierstrass elliptic function. It was misnamed, and is thus annotated with
the correct information. Nobody is winking.
> ... If I had read the Unicode Standard more closely,
> would I have found this?
If you had made almost any reasonable attempt whatsoever you would have
found this. To find out about a character you first look in the charts and
block descriptions. In this particular case, there is an annotation in both
places:
Code charts:
http://www.unicode.org/charts/PDF/U2100.pdf
"2118 .SCRIPT CAPITAL P
= Weierstrass elliptic function
. actually this has the form of a lowercase
calligraphic p, despite its name"
Block descriptions:
http://www.unicode.org/unicode/uni2book/ch12.pdf, 12.2 Letterlike Symbols
(see attached gif).
Of course, there are many places in the standard that need improvement, and
with each new version the UTC and editorial subcommittee try to add
additional clarification. Having the standard and code charts on line should
also help people to find information.
Mark
---- Original Message -----
From: "John O'Conner" <john.oconner@eng.sun.com>
To: "Unicode List" <unicode@unicode.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 01, 2001 09:22
Subject: Re: Property error for U+2118?
> Thanks for the replies everyone. I do appreciate them.
>
> As a side note...
>
> It's interesting how we find ways to get around rules that bother us.
Instead of
> moving, removing, or renaming the character, we simply say everything
about it
> is incorrect except its new properties. At the same time, we wink and tell
each
> other that SCRIPT CAPITAL P is *really* the Weierstrass symbol.
>
> In all seriousness, how would anyone implementing the Unicode standard
know all
> the unwritten conventions and quirks...like this idea about SCRIPT CAPITAL
P
> being something else entirely. This obviously isn't the only oddity, so
what
> resources does one have to find out these quirks other than stories and
comments
> passed along via mailing lists. If I had read the Unicode Standard more
closely,
> would I have found this?
>
> Regards,
> John O'Conner
>
>
>
>
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