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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Unicode in strings
Date: Mon, 27 May 2024 07:34:48 -0000 (UTC)
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On Sat, 18 May 2024 05:29:20 GMT, Anton Ertl wrote:

> Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> writes:
>
>>Does Unicode even has the notion of "character", really?
> 
> AFAIK it does not.

It uses terms like “grapheme” and “text element” for the concept, leaving 
“character” without a fixed meaning.