One of the changes from Version 6.1.0 to 6.2.0 of the the UCA (UTS#10) was to changed weights from being 16 bits to just being general non-negative integers. Was this just to accommodate the 4th weight in DUCET (scheduled for deletion in Version 6.3.0), or is it intended to do away with the inconvenient concept of 'large weights'?
Previously, each of the four weights could be accommodated in 16, 16, 16 and 24 bits. How many bits may be needed for a DUCET collation element now? Are we threatened with having to accommodate 36 bit weights? If it is not intended to do away with the 16-bit limit, then the introduction to Section 3.0 should revert to describing the weights as 16 bits. Otherwise, there is a good deal of text that is wrong or in need of overhaul. For example, a value FFFF will not function as intended if the smallest explicit positive primary weight is 100,000. I've not submitted this through formal feedback yet, as my feedback will depend on what is intended. Richard.
