Is it time for a unicode update of std.uni?

H. S. Teoh hsteoh at quickfur.ath.cx
Sun May 3 18:58:26 UTC 2020


On Sun, May 03, 2020 at 07:19:49PM +0200, Robert M. Münch via Digitalmars-d wrote:
> The docs state that std.uni is based on Unicode version 6.2. There is
> now Unicode V13 and V14 is being worked on. I'm not an expert but it
> looks like new version not only get more Unicode characters but
> changed rules, etc.  too.
> 
> Dmitry Olshansky did the std.uni module, which is already very useful.
> The last posts I found from Dmitry Olshansky are rather strange and
> look more like coming from a hacked account.
> 
> However, would it make sense to catch up to the latest Unicode version
> or was there only higly niche stuff added?
[...]

If somebody is willing to step up to update std.uni, that would be
wonderful!  Be aware, though: Unicode is very complicated, and it may
entail a lot of work.  But keeping it up to date would be a big plus for
D.


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