<i18n dev> Now what?

[Xueming Shen]

Tom,

Yes, I would need some time to digest all the technical details, though 
I believe I've
had a good understanding of most issues you raised.

Sure, I will keep you updated for the related RFEs I will submit based 
on your research.

The CR# so far I have are

7014645: Support Perl style Unicode hex notation \x{...}
7014633: Support loose matching forboth abbreviated and longer names of Unicode priperty
7014640: Add meta character for line ending '\R'

It might take a couple days(?) for these CR# to show up on the website.

Still need some time to scope/categorize those Unicode properties 
support issues, will
post/send you the CR# when I have them and we can then discuss what we 
can do to
address those issues going forward.

People on this mailing list are supposed to be interested in Java 
i18n/Unicode support, so
I'm sure any opinion/suggestion regarding the Unicode support in Java 
are welcome and
appreciated.

Again, thanks for spending so much time on these long writings, it 
definitely helps
and appreciated.

-Sherman

On 01/25/2011 11:42 AM, Tom Christiansen wrote:
> That concludes my discoveries, analysis, and remediations related
> to j.u.r.Pattern's conformance with tr18's Level 1 requirements.
>
> I would be interested in guidance toward how I can best help you
> now that all that is done.
>
> Would you all like some time to absorb and digest this set of
> writings from me?  I realize some have been rather detailed.
>
> Or would you like me to continue with other areas I have observed
> where I feel Java could stand some improvement in how it deals with
> Unicode?  These are not regular expression matters, but other ones.
>
> Sherman, if you do end up generating any RFEs out of all this, I
> would very much appreciate it if you could please tell me their
> IDs so that I might track them for myself in the coming years.
>
> I still worry that I have caused offence through ignorant heavy-
> handedness or a mischosen turn of phrase.  Please have patience
> with me if I have, because I promise that no offence was intended.
> I really want only to help make the Java platform a better one
> for everyone.
>
> Thank you very very much for listening to me.
>
> --tom