Change of the algorithm
Paul Hoffman
phoffman at imc.org
Wed Mar 19 18:55:55 CET 2008
In summary:
a) The desired change was "Make sure everything in {Cf}, category I, is disallowed".
b) We discovered that what was really wanted was "Make sure everything in {Cf}, category I, other than those with property Join_Control, category H, is disallowed". That leaves ZWNJ and ZWJ allowed with contextual rules.
Patrik's first pass at the change did (a), not (b). That proposed change was:
At 5:02 PM -0400 3/15/08, Patrik Fältström wrote:
>OLD:
> o If the codepoint is in Category H (Section 2.2.4), the value is
> CONTEXTJ.
> o If the codepoint is in Category I (Section 2.2.5), the value is
> CONTEXTO.
>> o If the codepoint is in Category B (Section 2.1.2), the value is
> DISALLOWED.
>> o If the codepoint is in Category C (Section 2.1.3), the value is
> DISALLOWED.
>> o If the codepoint is in Category D (Section 2.1.4), the value is
> DISALLOWED.
>
>NEW:
> The algorithm to calculate the value of the derived property is as
> follows.
> > o If the codepoint is in Category B (Section 2.1.2), the value is
> DISALLOWED.
>> o If the codepoint is in Category C (Section 2.1.3), the value is
> DISALLOWED.
>> o If the codepoint is in Category D (Section 2.1.4), the value is
> DISALLOWED.
> o If the codepoint is in Category H (Section 2.2.4), the value is
> CONTEXTJ.
> o If the codepoint is in Category I (Section 2.2.5), the value is
> CONTEXTO.
A different fix, one that achieves (b). would instead be:
NEWER-YET:
The algorithm to calculate the value of the derived property is as
follows.
o If the codepoint is in Category H (Section 2.2.4), the value is
CONTEXTJ.
o If the codepoint is in Category B (Section 2.1.2), the value is
DISALLOWED.
o If the codepoint is in Category C (Section 2.1.3), the value is
DISALLOWED.
o If the codepoint is in Category D (Section 2.1.4), the value is
DISALLOWED.
That is, check H before B, C, and D. Also, note that we no longer need category I at all, because it is a subset of C. Thus, the entire category I can be removed.
Can someone else check my work here?
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