2012/6/4 Doug Ewell <[email protected]>: > Philippe Verdy wrote: > >>> Read http://std.dkuug.dk/jtc1/sc2/wg2/docs/n3727.pdf . This mechanism >>> is part of Unicode, and adding another one such as Philippe's to >>> accomplish basically the same thing would be a form of duplicate >>> encoding. >> >> >> First I have NEVER advocated using flags for identifying languages. >> This is a common practie but something I strongly disapprove. > > > I don't think I said you advocated that. I had two points: (1) using flags > for languages is bad; (2) Philippe suggests a mechanism for representing > flags when Unicode already has one. I apologize if it was hard to tell which > point was which.
I suggest a way to represent flags of enttities, not arbitrary flags or generic flags that represent nothing else than themselves. A generic white flag or black flag is certainly a good condidate for characters by tself. And Unicode still does not have a suitable mechanism for flags of political/administrative entities (including historic ones), which is compatible with its stability policy.
