RE: [idn] The layers and character handling in DNS

["Brian W. Spolarich" <briansp@walid.com>]

> Please, folks: this is a dead end. If you want to keep going down
> this path, maybe preface each message you write with "In an idealized
> universe where there was authoritative and non-changing mapping
> tables for every local charset, ...".

  Paul, I'm not sure I see this as anything other than the result of trying to
extend the codepage-based world beyond its useful boundaries.  Isn't this what
Unicode-ISO/IEC 10646-1 is all about?

  Using data in a codepage-based CES outside of that environment is going to
yield mixed results at best, and very poor results in some contexts.  This
should encourage users to migrate to Unicode-based systems and increase
pressure on software vendors to implement and improve such support in their
systems.

  Or am I being naive?

  -bws