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> > What happens if unicode supported uppercase and lowercase numbers? > > > [I had a dig about, and it doesn't seem to mention lowercase or > > uppercase digits. Are they just a typography distinction, > and hence not > > enough to be worthy of codepoints?] > > Damned if I know; I didn't know there even was such a thing. > > Uppercase vs. lowercase for letters is more than a > typographic distinction > for many languages; there are words in English, for example, with a > different meaning depending on whether they're capitalized (since > capitalization indicates a proper noun). If there is some similar > distinction of meaning for numbers in some language, I suppose that > Unicode may add such a thing; to date, there doesn't appear to be any > concept of uppercase or lowercase for anything but letters. There does exist half-width digits and full-width digits (widely used in chinese). They create similar problem. HongThread Previous | Thread Next