perl-unicode

Change Request for U+1361 Handling

2003-04-11 12:30:05

Greetings,

Often when creating variable and method names the underscore char is
used as a word separator ( ->get_something ).  It is a natural choice
because it is visually similar to a space.

I found out today that the Ethiopic word space (U+1361) can not be
used in name formation.  InterCaps is not an option since, well,
Ethiopic doesn't have caps.  Using underscore suddenly became visually
odd, mentally disruptive even.  No other printable char would be more
natural than U+1361 as a word seperator in an Ethiopic sequence (U+1361
has no other purpose).

So... I don't know what the issues are, but can U+1361 be added to the
list of legal chars for variable, function, etc names.  That is, may
it be treated under the same rules that apply to _ ?

thanks!

/Daniel

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