ietf-nntp [a-z] in Wildmats
Maurizio Codogno
mau at beatles.cselt.it
Thu Jun 21 07:21:53 PDT 2001
In die Thu, 21 Jun 2001 12:58:02 +0100
"Clive D.W. Feather" <clive at demon.net> scripsit:
> Consider two groups:
>
> /
> alt.stranger alt.stranger
> ,
>
> where the first has an e-acute and the second an e-cedilla.
> Therefore normalization means that the first
> is a single character in the name, while the second is represented by "e"
> followed by "cedilla". Thus:
>
> alt.strange* matches the e-cedilla form but not the e-acute form
> alt.strang?r matches the e-acute form but not the e-cedilla form
>
> and that's the potential problem.
we have just to state it in the specs. Remember that the only case
in which this could matter is when in a certain language there will be
letters with diacritical which may be folded, and letters with diacritical
which have to be separated.
What is the *practical* issues given by this? Wildmat will be used just
for gross modifications, I think!
ciao, .mau.
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