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Re: [precis] LetterDigits

Peter Saint-Andre <stpeter@stpeter.im> Mon, 07 May 2012 20:45 UTC

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On 4/10/12 4:23 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
> On 4/10/12 1:00 PM, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
>> The context for this discussion was the fact that the LetterDigits
>> category (which we borrow from RFC 5892) disallows codepoints with the
>> properties listed below, so we have an open issue about whether to allow
>> such codepoints in the FreeClass.
>>
>> My take is that the FreeClass is intended to be extremely inclusive, and
>> that disallowing titlecase letters, letter numbers, other numbers, and
>> enclosing marks is inconsistent with that intent.
> 
> Questions of an InBetweenClass aside, would folks here have concerns
> with defining an OtherLetterDigits category for use in the FreeClass?

Seeing no objections, I'll go ahead with this approach so that the
FreeClass can be truly free. ;-)

Peter

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