From: Mark Davis ☕ (mark@macchiato.com)
Date: Wed Mar 10 2010 - 18:59:12 CST
I agree. The matching rules are also to be a bit lenient in the face of
normal human confusion between \p{WhiteSpace}, \p{White_Space}, and
\p{whitespace}.
Mark
On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 13:02, Asmus Freytag <asmusf@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
> This whole discussion represents a fundamental misunderstanding of the
> matching rules.
>
> First, there are the naming rules for characters (etc.). These define how
> legal formal names are *created*. (Those rules are spelled out in an annex
> to 10646, for example).
>
> Then there are the matching rules. They impact legal formal names only
> insofar as accidental matches (under those rules )between otherwise legal
> namer are disallowed, therefore effectively disallowing a small slice of
> possible future names.
>
> But, the matching rules define something else: they allow certain
> modifications of names to fit the strictures of a given syntax (where spaces
> generally are not allowed, but - or _ may be allowed).
>
> Yes, you can create your own syntax, where a space is inserted after nearly
> every character, and if you do that correctly, character names in your
> modified syntax can still be matched against formal names. Whether that's
> advisable is another issue. What is useful, is the ability to have a
> well-defined match of
> LatinLetterCapitalA and latin_letter_capital_a to LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A.
>
> A./
>
>
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