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Re: [ID 20000902.012] backticks as smart quotes

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From:
andreas.koenig
Date:
September 3, 2000 00:05
Subject:
Re: [ID 20000902.012] backticks as smart quotes
Message ID:
m3snrivtu6.fsf@ak-71.mind.de
>>>>> On 02 Sep 2000 23:37:57 -0700, Russ Allbery <rra@stanford.edu> said:

  > Ah well... eventually, we'll all use Unicode and can have real quote marks

So, what is your opinion what the perl docs should do?

(1) Replace smart backticks with U+0027 or

(2) Replace smart backticks with U+2018 and smart ticks with U+2019

(3) ??

Abigail has opined against (2), but if people will want to do (2) in a
few years anyway, a better alternative than (1) would be good to have.
Would you (for example) support the idea that POD could special-case
U+2018/19 and map them to U+0027? Any better idea?

-- 
andreas

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