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 _ ?
I don't think making exceptions like that is a good path to start
down on. Currently the U+1361 is classified as Punctuation. While
I do understand the Ethiopian word space is a bit special since it
is a word separator, I am afraid there are plenty of punctuation
characters other people might argue would be useful to allow in
variable names. If you think the U+1361 should be part of the the set
of "word characters" (characters eligible for variable names and the
like), I propose you contact the Unicode consortium. (After all, that
way the issue would get fixed also for other software, not just Perl.)
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special
biologist word we use for 'stable'. It is 'dead'." -- Jack Cohen
