On Mon, 8 Oct 2001 18:32:05 -0700 (PDT), Kenneth Whistler wrote:
>This would definitely not work. The problem is that while the CJK
>left/right corner brackets are clearly bracketing punctuation, you
>have to contend with their other properties as CJK punctuation. Most
>systems will default them to wide behavior, giving them spacing
>properties appropriate for CJK text, but inappropriate for the kind
>of bracketing you would expect in typical alphabetic text.
>
I also have been looking for other brackets besides the
basic ()[]{}. C++ has demonstrated with its terrible syntax that
overloading operators such as <> to be used as punctuation and punctuation
such as , to be used as operators only leads to confusion and
difficulties parsing. More parenthetical symbols are needed!
CJK has many, but as you point out, they will not be very useful
as they will not space properly.
I think the arithmetic set of symbols should be extended with more parenthesis.
