(Number one: Please don't CC me on this discusion. I'm on the list and I
don't need 2 copies of every mail.)
Paul Hoffman wrote:
> If I read this issue correctly, this might have a *huge* effect on
> the IETF protocols that do normalization. Before I alert the usual
> suspects, could someone describe what are the expected bounds of this
> will be?
I can't speak to the bounds, but I can speak to the fact that this should
not have an effect on IETF protocols. The existing normalization forms will
not be affected, and protocols that specify a particular normalization
should be fine.
The fact is, when it comes to normalization, one size doesn't fit all for
all purposes. Even for such things as canonical decomp (NFD), not everyone
wants to totally decompose everything for every purpose. For instance, the
Japanese hiragana "ga", "ba", "pa" series. Formally, they decompose into
combining sequences in NFD, but for some purposes, people may not want them
to be decomposed. If they could specify use of NFD plus some tailoring, it
would be considered advantageous.
I'm just explaining, not defending anything in particular.
Rick
