Re: [Sbcl-devel] An sb-unicode package

[Christophe R. <cs...@ca...>]

Krzysztof Drewniak <krz...@gm...> writes:

> I'll probably end up keeping the database and other low-level stuff in
> SB-IMPL, and have SB-UNICODE export nice wrapper functions around the DB
> (say SB-UNICODE:GENERAL-CATEGORY and things like that).
>
> Also, if I need more Unicode properties, like the full case mappings or
> the Quick_Check properties, should I try to modify the existing database
> or add another one?

I would suggest that one useful thing to do with the next week of your
time is to understand and maybe make robust the existing database:
ideally so that an update to the latest Unicode data files doesn't break
the build.  This is a big ask, but it'll almost certainly be helpful to
you later.

There are a number of spare bits in the current implementation of the
Unicode database; you probably won't be able to get all of what you need
in there, but I think it'd be worth a try.

Best,

Christophe