Re: TR18 question

From: verdy_p (verdy_p@wanadoo.fr)
Date: Tue Sep 01 2009 - 03:31:46 CDT

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    > Message du 01/09/09 03:50
    > De : "Mark Davis ⌛"
    > A : "karl williamson"

    > Copie à : "unicode@unicode.org"
    > Objet : Re: TR18 question
    >
    > The | is a mistake.
    >
    > Mark
    >
    >
    > On Mon, Aug 31, 2009 at 17:46, karl williamson
    wrote:
    >
    > > Note that because this is a sequence it behaves as a single element, so
    > > \N{KHMER CONSONANT SIGN COENG KA}* should be treated as if it were the
    > > expression (\x{17D2|\x{1780})*.
    > >
    > > I don't understand why there is a | character between the two code points.
    > > If they are to be treated as one unit, then you should have any number of
    > > both in a row, not either. Or what am I missing?

    Visibly, he typed the pipe instead of the closing brace (because there's one missing), or he just forgot to place
    the brace before the pipe (in which case he considers that any sequence, including potentially infinite ones, of the
    two characters in any order should be treated equivalently).



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