• From: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
• To: Peter Jacobi <pj@w...>
• Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 16:45:30 -0400

Peter Jacobi wrote:


> I assume it amounts to one additional numeric code per Unicode 
> character, which even can get into the next revision of the 
> main Unicode Character Database itself.


Not even that, just a few rules for deducing name and name-start
status from the existing fields, plus a very small backward
compatibility table for Unicode 2.0 cruft.

 

In fact, the UCD itself is not be extended any more; instead,
Unicode creates subsidiary tables such as Asian Width.

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