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Re: [idn] rename ToUnicode?
Adam M. Costello wrote:
>Keld Jørn Simonsen <keld@dkuug.dk> wrote:
>
>> I don't think that ToUnicode is the correct name, as it is really
>> 10646 that it is defined for.
>
>The difference between ISO-10646 and Unicode is not relevant here.
>Both use the same table that maps between code points and characters.
>The difference (as I understand it) is that Unicode defines lots of
>additional information about the characters and how to handle them,
>while ISO-10646 is little more than a table and some encoding forms.
IETF should refer to official standards organisations if possible.
So ToUCS is better than ToUnicode.
Dan