Re: String name and Character Name

From: Eric Muller (emuller@adobe.com)
Date: Tue Apr 12 2005 - 09:16:53 CST

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    Doug Ewell wrote:

    >Alan Wood <alan dot wood at context dot co dot uk> wrote:
    >
    >
    >
    >>I suppose even recent typing errors cannot be changed, so that we are
    >>stuck with the last word in this new name in 4.1:
    >>
    >>FE18 PRESENTATION FORM FOR VERTICAL RIGHT WHITE LENTICULAR BRAKCET
    >>
    >>
    >
    >Another one? In the BMP this time? Oh dear.
    >
    >
    >
    Actually, there is a secret purpose for this: it's to break software
    that analyzes character names to figure out the meaning of a character,
    or to find pairs by replacing "RIGHT" by "LEFT". (cf U+FE17 PRESENTATION
    FORM FOR VERTICAL LEFT WHITE LENTICULAR BRACKET).

    Eric.
    8-).

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