Michael Everson scripsit:

> And sometimes not, then. What four characters have been corrected so 
> far? Were they "important" characters to some company? Are there no 
> Christians or Jews in the IETF who might care about a problem like 
> this, where a simple solution might be effected? Particularly if it 
> involves only a handful of characters, and the precedent for making 
> such corrections has been set? 

Every time your grip slips on the rope, that sets a precedent which will
in time tend to end up with you at the bottom of the mountain.  The hard way.
So far we have corrected U+FB1D YOD WITH HIRIQ and six Han ideographs,
U+F951, U+2F868, U+2F874, U+2F91F, U+2F95F, U+2F9BF.

> This is not analogous to the present situation, it seems to me. In 
> the first place, what else is the \ for? :-)

Escaping special characters, since you ask.

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