- From: Doug Schepers <schepers@w3.org>
- Date: Thu, 29 Oct 2009 23:15:54 -0400
- To: "Martin J. Dürst" <duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp>
- CC: www-i18n-comments@w3.org
Hi, Martin- "Martin J. Dürst" wrote (on 10/29/09 10:19 PM): > On 2009/10/30 5:59, Doug Schepers wrote: >> Hi, Folks- >> >> While reviewing DOM3 Events, Richard Ishida pointed out that the use of >> surrogate pairs in escaped character strings is frowned upon, citing >> C045 [1]: >> >> [[ >> C045 [S] Whenever specifications define character escapes that allow the >> representation of characters using a number, the number MUST represent >> the Unicode code point of the character and SHOULD be in hexadecimal >> notation. >> ]] >> >> While I now understand and agree with his point, I think a clarifying >> errata might benefit people like me who want to be good citizens but >> might not get the implications immediately. > > Can you propose actual text? Maybe something as simple as "Note that UTF-16 surrogate pairs are comprised of two separate Unicode code points, for which an appropriate UTF-32 Unicode code point always exists which SHOULD (MUST?) be used instead." But honestly, I would feel more comfortable if someone brainier than me came up with it. Regards- -Doug Schepers W3C Team Contact, SVG and WebApps WGs
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