Re: [idn] summary of reordering discussion

[David Hopwood <david.hopwood@zetnet.co.uk>]

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Soobok Lee wrote:
> From: "Bruce Thomson" <bthomson@fm-net.ne.jp>
> > Thanks for the comments David. I will include your modifications in
> > my report.
> >
> > Just one clarification:
> >
> > > >   The algorithm would probably be frozen for all time.
> > >
> > > I agree that these are not problems if the reordering is actually
> > > and *definitely* frozen for all time, but Soobok Lee was arguing that
> > > it could be updated for new scripts.
> 
> It depends on whether or not nameprep's "query" could contain unassigned
> code points (UCP).

It can.

> If yes,  adding is impossible. But even in this case, There is a half-baked
> proposal : [snip]

Precisely: it is half-baked and introduces lots of problems. I won't spend
any more time refuting it unless the straw poll supports reordering (which I
think is very unlikely).

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