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> Unicode is locale-dependent Well, there is a new fact that I learned and immediately hated. The fuck were authors thinking... I am now firmly convinced peo
by ilyt 3y ago
> Unicode is locale-dependent
Well, there is a new fact that I learned and immediately hated.
The fuck were authors thinking...
I am now firmly convinced people developing unicode hate developers. I suspected it before just due to how messy it was (same character having different encodings ? Really ? Fuck you), but this cements it.
- JohnFen 3y ago> people developing unicode hate developers Or at least they have a vicious indifference to us. Unicode is a nightmare.
- wffurr 3y agoYeah this is a big problem for me right now trying to pick fonts and characters for CJK. I have a bunch of bugs to fix that will require sending the locale down to the text itemization code.
- zajio1am 3y agoUnicode is not locale-dependent, just mapping from graphemes to (font) glyphs is locale/font dependent.
- mcfedr 3y agoThe author shows how to-upper and to-lower change according to locale But making it clear which glyph to use is also a key feature!
- JonChesterfield 3y agoWell C is locale dependent. And one does not break backwards compatibility with C for fear of badness. So naturally Unicode must be locale dependent too.