If you have feedback on changes that you would like to see made in the UCD, you can propose it as outlined on http://www.unicode.org/review/, under Unicode 4.0.1.
Mark __________________________________ http://www.macchiato.com â ààààààààààààààààààààà â ----- Original Message ----- From: "Arcane Jill" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wed, 2003 Nov 26 23:57 Subject: RE: numeric properties of Nl characters in the UCD > ...which brings me back to my question (which no-one's answered yet). > What do the properties "digit" versus "decimal digit" actually MEAN? Is > it possible for someone to give a PRECISE definition. I mean, it seems > pretty clear that "decimal digit" does NOT mean "radix ten digit" > (otherwise circled digit 2 would be a "decimal digit", and it isn't). I > can only assume that the INTENDED meaning of what is (erroneously?) > called "decimal digit" is "a character which is permitted to play a part > in a positional number system" - thus "2" is a decimal digit because it > can form part of the legal number "123", but circled digit 2 is not > because "1â3" is not a legal number. Am I even close? > > This being so, it is possible that the (misnamed) property "decimal > digit" should also apply to Ewellic hex digits. They're not radix ten, > but that's not what "decimal digit" means anyway. They ARE capable of > being used in a positional number system. > > Of course, "1Â3" is not a legal number either, despite the fact that > superscript 2 DOES have the "decimal digit" property. Maybe the answer > is that "ÂÂ" can be interpretted as superscript 23, but "ââ" can't be > interpretted as circled 23 ? > > I am not certain on any of this, and will admit to being confused. What > I AM certain of is that I would like to see a formal and precise, > unambiguous definition of the meanings of the "decimal digit", "digit" > and "numeric" properties. If no such definition exsits, then I suggest > that one is needed. > > Jill > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Doug Ewell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 7:18 AM > > To: Unicode Mailing List > > Cc: D. Starner > > Subject: Re: numeric properties of Nl characters in the UCD > > > > > > Note especially the "number" fields for the hex digits: they are > > numeric, they are even digits, but they're not *decimal* digits. > > > >
