[RFC] Refresh iswblank and iswspace (was Re: Update wctype functions to Unicode 5.2?)

Dave Korn dave.korn.cygwin@googlemail.com
Mon Feb 15 19:38:00 GMT 2010


On 15/02/2010 09:35, Corinna Vinschen wrote:
> On Feb 14 18:21, Andy Koppe wrote:
>>>> For a start, here are patches to iswblank and iswspace to add the missing
>>>> characters U+180e (MONGOLIAN VOWEL SEPARATOR),
>>>  The sons of the mighty Chinggis do not "separate" their vowels!  They sweep
>>> down in a mighty horde from the steppe on horseback and cleave them asunder
>>> with their swords!
>> Yeah, shouldn't that be MONGOLIAN BOWEL SEPARATOR?
> 
> I'm concerned.  Do you think that's a bug in Unicode 5.2?  Should we
> report this upstream?

  We don't "report" to upstream!  We pillage and burn and disembowel our way
across Europe to upstream, leaving a trail of grieving orphans and widows in
our wake!

    cheers,
      DaveK



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