Re: [I18ndir] [art] Just uploaded draft-bray-unichars-03

[Rob Sayre <[e-mail]>]

On Fri, Sep 8, 2023 at 12:38 PM Tim Bray <[e-mail]> wrote:

> See https://www.ietf.org/archive/id/draft-bray-unichars-03.html
>
> A bunch of minor corrections and improvements, thanks to everyone for
> that, especially James Manger for noticing that the ABNF was entirely wrong
> in one place.
>
> The word “useless” has been replaced by “legacy”.
>
> I think the feedback was pretty clear that the draft needed to be more
> opinionated; just because we document the existence of the default JSON
> repertoire (“all the code points”) doesn’t mean that anyone should use it
> in the present or future. So, introduced a new section “Refining Character
> Repertoires” to highlight those issues and offer a suggestion.
>

This one is tougher and correct. Fully in favor.

I would change

"These numbers are used to represent the characters in computer memory and
storage systems and, in specifications, to specify the allowed repertoires
of Unicode characters."

to

"These numbers are used to represent the allowed repertoires of Unicode
characters."

Other commenters have said the "useful" term is not that great. I agree,
but I can't think of anything better. In particular, I thought "no, people
really do use NULL". Maybe "text-characters"? IDK, up to the editors.

thanks,
Rob