Re: Add @ to basic character set?

From	Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
Newsgroups	comp.std.c
Subject	Re: Add @ to basic character set?
Date	2021-07-10 08:46 -0700
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Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> writes:

> Am 05.12.20 um 08:58 schrieb Philipp Klaus Krause:
>
>> I wonder if it would make sense to add @ to the basic character set.
>> Virtually everyone is using it in comments and strings already anyway
>> (for email addresses), and I don't see anything preventing
>> implementations from supporting it, as it is available in both ASCII and
>> common EBCDIC code pages:
>>
>> http://www.colecovision.eu/stuff/proposal-basic-@.html
>
> After some discussion and thought, IMO, the way forward is to add @ to
> the source and execution character sets, but not the basic source
> character set:
>
> http://www.colecovision.eu/stuff/proposal-@.html
>
> Do you think this proposal makes sense as is?  If yes, do you have a
> preference for adding them as single bytes vs. not specifying if they
> are single bytes?  If yes, why?

I would vote against the proposal, because it does nothing useful.

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Add @ to basic character set? Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2020-12-05 08:58 +0100
  Re: Add @ to basic character set? James Kuyper <jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu> - 2020-12-05 10:53 -0500
    Re: Add @ to basic character set? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-12-05 17:15 +0100
      Re: Add @ to basic character set? Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2020-12-05 20:55 +0100
    Re: Add @ to basic character set? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-12-05 14:17 -0800
      Re: Add @ to basic character set? Francis Glassborow <francis.glassborow@btinternet.com> - 2020-12-06 12:25 +0000
        Re: Add @ to basic character set? David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2020-12-06 13:47 +0100
          Re: Add @ to basic character set? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2020-12-06 08:42 -0500
            Re: Add @ to basic character set? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-12-06 14:07 -0800
              Re: Add @ to basic character set? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2020-12-06 17:44 -0500
                Re: Add @ to basic character set? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-12-06 15:49 -0800
                Re: Add @ to basic character set? Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2020-12-07 09:31 +0100
                Re: Add @ to basic character set? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2020-12-07 07:24 -0500
                Re: Add @ to basic character set? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-12-07 12:16 -0800
                Re: Add @ to basic character set? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2020-12-07 15:51 -0500
                Re: Add @ to basic character set? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-12-07 13:10 -0800
                Re: Add @ to basic character set? Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> - 2020-12-07 23:52 +0100
                Re: Add @ to basic character set? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-12-07 15:27 -0800
                Re: Add @ to basic character set? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2020-12-07 18:54 -0500
                Re: Add @ to basic character set? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-12-07 16:10 -0800
                Re: Add @ to basic character set? Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2020-12-07 18:31 -0500
                Re: Add @ to basic character set? Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> - 2020-12-07 23:08 +0100
              Re: Add @ to basic character set? Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2020-12-07 09:30 +0100
      Re: Add @ to basic character set? Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2020-12-07 09:17 +0100
  Re: Add @ to basic character set? Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> - 2020-12-06 16:11 -0500
    Re: Add @ to basic character set? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2020-12-07 12:19 -0800
      Re: Add @ to basic character set? Thomas David Rivers <rivers@dignus.com> - 2020-12-07 17:02 -0500
  Re: Add @ to basic character set? Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2021-03-11 22:50 +0100
    Re: Add @ to basic character set? Keith Thompson <Keith.S.Thompson+u@gmail.com> - 2021-03-11 15:40 -0800
      Re: Add @ to basic character set? Philipp Klaus Krause <pkk@spth.de> - 2021-03-12 15:25 +0100
    Re: Add @ to basic character set? Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com> - 2021-07-10 08:46 -0700

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