consensus on TATWEEL

[LB]

we (IETF) should limit the number of exceptions
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It is first, what the charter says.
C'est d'abord, ce que le charter dit.
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LB

2009/4/13 Patrik Fältström <patrik at frobbit.se>

> On 13 apr 2009, at 06.38, Vint Cerf wrote:
>
> > U+0640 ( ‎ـ‎ ) ARABIC TATWEEL (aka kashida)
> >
> > the overwhelming consensus on this character is to make it
> > disallowed at protocol level.
> >
> > Patrik,
> >
> > can this be done without serious damage to the philosophy behind the
> > construction of TABLES?
>
> It is today PVALID (as it matches rule A), so it will be added as an
> exception to the Exception table.
>
> This is what the Exception table is designed for, so it does not
> damage the philosophy (more than the fact that we (IETF) should limit
> the number of exceptions I think -- and trust what UTC has said about
> the various codepoints).
>
>    Patrik
>
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