RE: UTF8 vs. Unicode (UTF16) in code

[Christopher John Fynn]

John H. Jenkins [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]

> Some of the characters in Extension B are required for JIS X 0213 
> support, which is going to be a sine qua non in Japan within a few 
> years.  There was a push a little while ago to put these characters 
> on the BMP for precisely this reason, but it was opposed both within 
> the UTC and WG2 and then abandoned.

IMO Rather an unfortunate decision since there was adequate room to include these 
characters on the BMP and it probably would have helped the acceptance of Unicode in 
Japan if these characters had been included there. Still, maybe this means that we 
will see widespread support for supplementary plane characters a little sooner than 
would have otherwise been the case.

- Chris