Ken Whistler wrote: > The trick is this: the status of annotational data in NamesList.txt > is different than that of normative data like the code points, names, > formal name aliases, decomposition mappings, and standardized > variation sequences.
I get that. I am FAR more comfortable with that type of guideline: • the data isn't normative (at least not all of it) • the format isn't set in stone • don't ask for additions or changes • caveat emptor than with any sort of blanket statement about "don't parse this file." I hereby promise to use NamesList.txt responsibly and with all of the above conditions in mind. Hopefully others will too. -- Doug Ewell | http://ewellic.org | Thornton, CO 🇺🇸
