Yeah, basically, the standard is a little sneaky on this point. It doesn't actually require a specific syntax, but rather, simply that being able to write Unico

Yeah, basically, the standard is a little sneaky on this point. It doesn't actually require a specific syntax, but rather, simply that being able to write Unicode codepoints in hexadecimal representation is possible. Notice that it says, "... shall supply a mechanism ..." rather than "this mechanism." Of course, it's probably a good idea to follow the sample syntax provided. :-)