> What if the request to change the Hebrew combining classes came *from* W3C > and/or IETF? I'm not saying that this is likely, but I'm wondering whether > they might, in fact, not insist on stability for characters for which > normalisation is currently broken anyway?
The normalization is not broken from the point of view of the "stability community". They consider it more important that there be a fixed rule, than what the content of the rule is. Google for "stare decisis" for much more on this point of view in general.
Fair enough. I made my suggestion before reading all of your exchange with Michael.
John Hudson
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