Re: [Ltru] a modest proposal...

Phillips, Addison scripsit:

> 1. Restore a *single* [level of] extlang to the ABNF.
> 2. Keep the Macrolanguage field in the registry for all encompassed
> languages, which information may be use by implementations however
> makes the most sense.

+1 to both.

> 3. Cherry pick *only* the 'zh' (and possibly the 'ar') encompassed
> languages for registration as extlangs. This is done in the name of
> compatibility alone.

I'd cherry-pick 'zh' and 'sgn' but not 'ar'.

> 4. Permit implementations to treat the 'language'
> production as atomic (that is, the sequence "zh-yue" MAY be treated as
> if it were a single subtag but MAY be treated as separate subtags,
> notably by existing implementations). Note that the 'language'
> production is the one that includes both the primary and extended
> language subtags.

I'd be okay with a motherhood note, but if this is to affect matching
it needs to go into 4647bis, and would cause 4647 to diverge from 2616.

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