Re: [Gnu-arch-users] [OT] Unicode meets Scheme strings draft

[Junio C Hamano]

>>>>> "TL" == Tom Lord <address@hidden> writes:

>> From: "Mark A. Flacy" <address@hidden>

>> >>>>> "Tom" == Tom Lord <address@hidden> writes:

Tom> Hmm.

    ... amusing suggestions for more Hyper-like modifiers ...

>> Tongue switch
>> :-)

TL> Smiley acknowledged but, you know -- that's a pretty good reason to
TL> have more buckybits than you expect to use on a normal
TL> keyboard.

Let's take one step back a bit.  What is a "character" in the
context of this thread (i.e. Pika)?

I do not understand why you would want *any* bucky bit.  For
example, what does the bucky bit "Shift" really mean?  How would
a character #\S-A be different from #\S-a?  Is #\S-a really the
character "a" with bucky bit "Shift" on?  Or is it simply a
character "A", which is different from the character "a"?  Which
one of the following is true: (eq \#S-a \#A) (eqv \#S-a \#A)
(equal \#S-a \#A)?

For that matter, What is the difference between #\C-a, #\C-A?
How about #\U+0001?