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Re: case-table functions clobbering extra slots


From: Reiner Steib
Subject: Re: case-table functions clobbering extra slots
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2005 15:31:06 +0100
User-agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux)

On Sat, Jan 29 2005, Stefan Monnier wrote:

>>> Then there's the problem of ß in German, which I believe should
>>> upcase to SS.

Yes.  But there are exceptions like personal names.  See
<URL:http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scharfes_s> (or
<URL:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DF>) for more information.

>>> And SS in some (but not all?)  cases should downcase into ß in
>>> German.

Down casing "SS" to "ß" is often wrong.

> The "ß" can basically always be written as "ss".  Only purists will notice
> the difference.

This might be true for Switzerland and Liechtenstein, but certainly
not for Germany.

Bye, Reiner.
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