[idn] Re: Moving Towards UTF8 vs ASCII(ACE) Forever

["Eric A. Hall" <ehall@ehsco.com>]

Keith Moore wrote:

> it's a false dichotomy.
>
> first, there are probably some purposes for which identifiers
> (including DNS names) should stay ASCII (and not even 10646
> encoded as ASCII) for the forseeable purpose.

Agreed. Well-known data-types such as Message-ID are actually harmed if
they exist in multiple forms (this also includes the transliterated form
that results from IDNA). This is why implementation is a per-WG effort,
not a global mandate. However, the infrastructure (in the broadest sense)
should support native IDNs in order to facilitate the most effective
scoping for any WG.

> a UTF-8 everywhere approache forces him to wait for everybody
> else to adopt IDNs before he can use them.

lol, speaking of false dichotomies

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