* Pete Resnick wrote:
>Your suggestion I think is making too strong a claim, but I see where 
>you're going. You needn't limit to a single script or otherwise heavily 
>restrict to stay clear of potential problems; you simply have to stick 
>to the more restrictive classes provided, or if you need to use 
>free-form, then restrict to something more limited. So perhaps this 
>would be clearer, and capture your concern:
>
>    Even so, implementations that are sensitive to the advice given in
>    this specification (to use the more restrictive String Classes, or
>    otherwise to only allow a restricted set of characters, particularly
>    ones whose implications they actually understand) are unlikely to
>    run into significant problems as a consequence of these issues or
>    potential changes.

This is better, but if I and my implementation do run into significant
problems because I did not disallow some characters that I could have
disallowed, do you really think that I am to blame? I18N folks tell me
to have as few restrictions on characters as possible, while the text
above suggests to have as many restrictions as possible. If I fail to
find the proper balance myself, in the void that is left by the draft,
I think the specification is also responsible.
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