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Re: IDNA and U+08A1 and related cases (was: Re: Barry Leiba's Discuss on draft-ietf-json-i-json-05: (with DISCUSS and COMMENT))

Asmus Freytag <asmusf@ix.netcom.com> Mon, 26 January 2015 15:35 UTC

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On 1/26/2015 1:12 AM, Nico Williams wrote:
> As far as I'm concerned it's clear that the correct way to handle 
> these cases is: as confusables.  Is this wrong?
>
> Nick
> -- 

Nico,

I basically agree with you.

I'm making a further distinction between confusables by accident and 
confusables by intent, and am advocating that the latter can be handled 
more explicitly. But basically, yes.

A./

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