I would be very surprised if it did, since Java chars are still only sixteen bits wide, and the new math alphanumerics are not in BMP. Still, I'd be very happy to be proved wrong on this one.
Actually, I'd quite like to use these as variable names in other languages too, like in C++ for example, but I think that may be forbidden due to some standard or other.
You can get away with using math alphanumerics in variable names in PHP. This is because PHP stores its code in eight-bit wide bytes, but defines only ASCII characters. It allows any characters in range 0x80 to 0xFF to be part of a variable name, so ... if you use UTF-8, you can use math alphanumerics. All you need is the right text editor to manipulate the source code. Unfortunately, this is not an ideal situation either, because of course it would also be nice to be able to use the proper math operators as, well, math operators!
Jill
-----Original Message-----
From: Murray Sargent [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 1:47 AM
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Subject: Does Java 1.5 support Unicode math alphanumerics as variable names?
E.g., math italic i (U+1D456)? With such usage, Java mathematical programs could look more like the original math.
Thanks
Murray
