[Bug 11124] consider reducing verbosity when talking about code points

http://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=11124

Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3cbug@gmail.com> changed:

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--- Comment #4 from Aryeh Gregor <Simetrical+w3cbug@gmail.com> 2010-10-22 18:25:45 UTC ---
I think the UPPERCASE NAME is excessive.  Just give the character itself and
the code point, like

"""
a valid non-negative integer, followed by ";" (U+003B), followed by one or more
space characters, followed by a substring that is an ASCII case-insensitive
match for the string "URL", followed by "=" (U+003D), followed by a valid URL.
"""

or maybe

"""
a valid non-negative integer, followed by U+003B (;), followed by one or more
space characters, followed by a substring that is an ASCII case-insensitive
match for the string "URL", followed by U+003D (=), followed by a valid URL.
"""

or whatever.  It's more concise and easier to read, but no less precise.  You
should only need to give a name when the character is whitespace or a combining
diacritic or something, and in that case you should just use a simple
description like "space", "tab", "CR", "LF", not the full Unicode name.

(In reply to comment #3)
> I disapprove of the RFC style of giving ad hoc names to Unicode characters. I
> object to using that style in HTML5.

It's already used in some places, e.g., "space characters".

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