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Re: Unicode support

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Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:

> Christoph Becker wrote:
>> Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn wrote:
>>> Christoph Becker wrote:
>>>> Anyway, I appreciate your working on a workaround; may come in handy.
>>>> :)
>>> 
>>> At the latest after first contact ;-)
>>> 
>>> You will find it in
>>> 
> 
<http://PointEdears.de/websvn/listing.php?repname=JSX&path=%2Ftrunk%2Fstring%2F>
>>> when it is ready for testing.
>> 
>> My feedreader will keep an eye on it. ;)
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Due to recent events I would also like to announce that in the version of
> unicode.js that follows this one there is going to be support for the
> Vulcan Unicode characters (both TGV and MGV) and the Sloof-lirpa script in
> which these languages are written.  Stay tuned.

Now that April Fools' Day is long over, I would like to clarify so as not to 
be misunderstood.

JSX:string/unicode.js is real: I have been working on a library that 
supports Unicode characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane; that is 
UTF-16 code sequences for code points beyond U+FFFF, up to U+10FFFF.

A future unicode.js that would support the aforementioned Vulcan script 
(writing) is _not_ going to happen (although I might write another script 
[programming] that supports the Vulcan languages later – if Google can do 
Klingon [1], I can do Vulcan ;-)).

Those were the clues (ROT-13 encoded for those who either like puzzles or 
are not interested in the details of the joke):

- Gurer ner ab Ihypna Havpbqr punenpgref.  (Gurer ner abg rira Xyvatba
  rgp. Havpbqr punenpgref, nygubhtu gurer ner sbagf gung znc pbqr cbvagf gb
  gubfr punenpgref.  V pna cebivqr HEVf gb gubfr jub ner vagrerfgrq.)

- Gurer vf ab “Fybbs-yvecn” fpevcg; “Fybbs-yvecn”, jura ernq onpxjneqf, vf
  “ncevy-sbbyF”.

    [V qvq abg rkcrpg, ubjrire, “fybbs” gb or n erny Ratyvfu
     jbeq.  Nyfb, frireny bgure crbcyr hfrq “fybbs yvecn” va
     gurve Ncevy Sbbyf' wbxr; cnegvphyneyl pheerag VFF Pbzznaqre
     Puevf Unqsvryq (PFN-NFP): 
     <uggcf://gjvggre.pbz/Pzqe_Unqsvryq/fgnghf/318806874935939074>
     Ol pbvapvqrapr, /yvecn/ vf gur anzr bs n gjb-oynqrq Ihypna jrncba
     gung jnf hfrq va unaq-gb-unaq pbzong orsber gur Njnxravat, naq vf
     fgvyy hfrq va gur evghny bs /xbba-hg-xny-vs-srr/ – zneevntr-be-
     punyyratr[-gb-gur-qrngu).]

- Gur Ihypna ynathntrf ner jevggra jvgu n (abg shyyl xabja) fpevcg jurer
  tylcuf fgnaq sbe flyynoyrf vafgrnq bs fvatyr punenpgref (zhpu yvxr Nfvna
  ynathntrf).  Genafxevcgvbaf hfr gur Yngva nycunorg.  Frr nyfb Gur
  Ihypna Ynathntr Vafgvghqr (Erpynzngvba Cebwrpg):
  <uggc://jjj.fgbtrrx.pbz/jvxv/Pngrtbel:Ihypna_Ynathntr_Vafgvghgr>  


The unit test of JSX:string/unicode.js can now be viewed at

  <http://PointedEars.de/scripts/test/unicode>

More features and testcases will follow.  Hopefully the library will be 
useful.

I am also considering to overwrite built-in methods of the String 
constructor and the String prototype object, and augment them with new ones 
(I already had several of them, some superfluous as it turned out, but I 
removed them after extensive refactoring of jsx.string.unicode.WideString 
broke them).  Overwriting and augmenting would be optional each, but done by 
default, through the new jsx.options mechanism (see object.js [2] for 
details).

What do you think?  Would you find, say

  /* returns 1 */
  "𝄞".getLength()

in addition to

  /* returns 1 */
  jsx.string.unicode.WideString("𝄞").getLength()

and as opposed to

  /* yields 2 */
  "𝄞".length

useful?  And would you find notations like

  /* returns a WideString instance containing "𝄞" */
  jsx.string.unicode.WideString("\\u{1D11E}")

and

  /* returns a RegExp that matches "𝄞" */
  jsx.regexp.RegExp("\\u{1D11E}")

useful until ECMAScript Edition 6 (”Harmony”) was formally published and 
interoperably implemented?  (See also [3].)

_________
[1] <http://www.google.com/?hl=xx-klingon>
[2] 
<http://PointedEars.de/websvn/filedetails.php?repname=JSX&path=%2Ftrunk%2Fobject.js>
[3] 
<http://wiki.ecmascript.org/doku.php?id=spec:chapter_6_lexical_structure>
-- 
PointedEars

Twitter: @PointedEars2
Please do not Cc: me. / Bitte keine Kopien per E-Mail.

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Re: Unicode support Christoph Becker <cmbecker69@gmx.de> - 2013-04-01 15:24 +0200
  Re: Unicode support Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-04-01 18:39 +0200
    Re: Unicode support Mike Duffy <Use.web.form@website_in_sig.com> - 2013-04-01 20:36 +0000
    Re: Unicode support Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-04-30 23:03 +0200
      Re: Unicode support Scott Sauyet <scott.sauyet@gmail.com> - 2013-05-02 05:27 -0700
        Re: Unicode support Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2013-05-03 17:59 +0200

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