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[perl #75448] charnames::viacode returning less correct name

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From:
Steve Peters via RT
Date:
August 19, 2010 16:50
Subject:
[perl #75448] charnames::viacode returning less correct name
Message ID:
rt-3.6.HEAD-3821-1282261819-1688.75448-15-0@perl.org
On Sun May 30 06:43:04 2010, public@khwilliamson.com wrote:
> 
> This is a bug report for perl from khw@khw-desktop.nonet,
> generated with the help of perlbug 1.39 running under perl 5.13.1.
> 
> 
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> Unicode occasionally makes mistakes and publishes an incorrect name
> for
> a character, such as having a typo.  That name is grandfathered in as
> legal, but they later will publish the corrected name which maps to
> the
> same code point.
> 
> viacode should return the corrected name.  It doesn't.
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> ---

Do you have a example character and name to test with?

Steve

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