Re: Unicode Normalization

On Feb 4, 2009, at 2:10 PM, Robert J Burns <rob@robburns.com> wrote:

>
> Hi Brad,
>
> Brad Kemper <brad.kemper@gmail.com>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>> On Feb 4, 2009, at 1:07 PM, Robert J Burns <rob@robburns.com> wrote:
>>
>> > However Unicode has a SHOULD requirement that two canonically
>> > equivalent but codepoint differing strings match. Unicode's Chapter
>> > 3 (C6 norm) says:
>> >>>
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> >> A process shall not assume that the interpretations of two
>> >> canonical-equivalent character sequences are distinct.
>>
>> Your interpretation adds something that your quoted text does not
>> include. The quoted text does not include "but code point differing".
>> It seems quite clear (at least when read in isolation from the rest  
>> of
>> the spec) that its simply saying that two canonical-equivalent
>> character sequences MAY not be distinct. If they are are not code
>> point differing then they wouldn't be distinct. Otherwise they would
>> be.
>
> Certainly, there is something missing from the criterion there.  
> However, your interpretation doesn't fill in that

I understand that. I was merely pointing out the logical flaw of  
reading more into the passage than what of actually says. That it  
doesn't say anything useful is not a good argument for imagining extra  
meaning beyond that.

PS sorry about the iPhone string that was added automatically to my  
email. I never got around to changing that, and didn't notice that I  
forgot to delete it.