RE: Bit arithmetic on Unicode characters?

You can't even case Latin that way. Unless maybe you only care about English.

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From: Unicode [mailto:unicode-bounces_at_unicode.org] On Behalf Of Richard Wordingham
Sent: Thursday, October 6, 2016 4:33 PM
To: unicode_at_unicode.org
Subject: Re: Bit arithmetic on Unicode characters?

On Thu, 6 Oct 2016 12:44:05 -0700
Garth Wallace <gwalla_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> Other than converting between UTFs, is bit arithmetic commonly
> performed on Unicode characters? I was under the impression that it's
> a rarity if it is done at all.

It's possible to use it for the bulk of case folding, especially if the program only supports a specific repertoire.

For specialist tasks, exploiting arithmetic relationships make sense.
I would expect that most ASCII clones are handled that way. The problem is that manually constructed lookup tables are prone to human error.

Richard.
Received on Thu Oct 06 2016 - 18:40:08 CDT