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Comment by bawolff

8 hours ago

> Yes. Unicode should not be about semantic meaning, it should be about the visual. Like text in a book.

Do you think 1, l and I should be encoded as the same character, or does this logic only extend to characters pesky foreigners use.

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bawolff

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WalterBright  7 hours ago

They are visually distinct to the reader.

  • debazel  2 hours ago

    That is entirely dependent on the font.

  • sukilot  2 hours ago

    [dead]

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