Request for updated example highlighting problem of mixing of AN and EN

James Mitchell james.mitchell at ausregistry.com.au
Tue Aug 18 11:34:41 CEST 2009


The only concrete example I have found that justifies the prohibition of
mixing AN and EN is CS EN AN CS R in an LTR context.
[http://www.alvestrand.no/pipermail/idna-update/2008-January/000858.html]

The current bidi rules, plus changes from a subsequent email from Mark, an
AN will require the label to be treated as RTL
[http://www.alvestrand.no/pipermail/idna-update/2009-August/005153.html].
Therefore, a label mixing AN and EN will be treated as an RTL label.  The
above example (EN AN) will violate the first bidi rule, that label must
begin with L, R or AL.

Is there a concrete example that is otherwise IDNA-valid?



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