[idn] efficiency of codings

[Maurizio Codogno <mau@beatles.cselt.it>]

In die Fri, 6 Jul 2001 11:54:53 -0400
"Edmon" <edmon@neteka.com> scripsit:


> DUDE's support for 15 characters is also based on 63 octets. It would be 14
> if it is 59 octets.
> 
> >
> > But I'm pretty sure that ACE37 is less efficient than DUDE for all
> > non-CJK scripts.
> >
> 
> Yup, there is a trade off definitely.  However, it seems that the CJK
> community is more concerned about the issue so we should take this into
> consideration when striking a balance.

Given that we may spare two strings to indicate ACE, would it be feasible
to use one for CJK scripts and another for the other scripts, making it 
impossible to use the wrong coding (this is necessary to assure unique 
labels), or do you think it is too complicated?

ciao, .mau.