Re: Identifiers

From: John Cowan (cowan@mercury.ccil.org)
Date: Mon Apr 16 2001 - 06:53:12 EDT


Florian Weimer scripsit:

> Is it sufficient to mandate that all such identifiers MUST be KC- or
> KD-normalized? Does this guarantee print-and-enter round-trip
> compatibility?

It couldn't possibly. I could spoof an email from you, for example,
by using a GREEK SMALL LETTER OMICRON instead of the "o" in your
name, and nobody would be the wiser. This is just an exposure we are
going to be stuck with from now on.

-- 
John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
One art/there is/no less/no more/All things/to do/with sparks/galore
	--Douglas Hofstadter



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