On Fri, Jul 3, 2015 at 12:50 PM, Doug Ewell <[email protected]> wrote: > Leo Broukhis <leob at mailcom dot com> wrote: > >> What I don't like about PRI #399 is its proposing to use default- >> ignorable characters. On a non-vexillology-aware platform, I'd like >> to see something informative, albeit not resembling a flag, but >> indicative of the intention to display a flag, like RIS can be, as >> opposed to nondescript white flags. > > > This is just a personal prediction, but I'd guess that once the PRI #299 > mechanism hits the streets, U+1F3F3 WAVING WHITE FLAG will be used > overwhelmingly for tag sequences and comparatively seldom on its own. When a > reader sees 🏳, it might be relatively safe to assume the writer intended to > display a specific flag.
But then a reader will have to look at the raw Unicode bytestream to find out *which* specific flag was intended. How convenient is that? Leo
