From: Asmus Freytag (asmusf@ix.netcom.com)
Date: Sun Jul 18 2004 - 16:07:13 CDT
At 10:43 AM 7/18/2004, Jony Rosenne wrote:
>If folding is not suitable for Yiddish texts or Biblical texts or ancient
>Greek texts or any other text then I suggest that the user of said text
>seriously considers not using folding.
Only very few foldings make sense to apply on a permanent basis. Think of
casefolding for example. Such a folding is mostly useful for searches,
where it is applied *transiently*.
Ideally, all searches are tailored in a language specific way, so that you
can strike the right balance between convenience and false positives.
A./
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