Re: [TCLCORE] Unicode in Tcl 9 - a commentary and critique

[Harald O. <har...@el...>]

Am 30.01.2023 um 02:16 schrieb Steve Landers:
> 
>> But all of the TCT members stayed completely away from this - why is
>> this?
> 
> With respect Rolf, I have been trying to moderate the discussion both on 
> TCLCORE and on tkchat as best as I can. The fact that people whose 
> opinions I value have been in apparent conflict has concerned me greatly 
> and I wouldn't be surprised if other TCT members felt the same.
> 
> Also, those of us on tkchat have been aware that Ashok has been working 
> on his document for some time.  Now that it is here we are in a better 
> position to understand the nuances of the arguments.
> 
> Perhaps the time has come for a "face to face" discussion on the 
> outstanding issues. I realise that may be less than ideal for those less 
> comfortable with spoken English but at least it might enable all 
> interested parties to try and make progress towards a consensus as to 
> the way forward.
> 
> If this is something that you, Jan, Ashok, Nathan, Harald and others 
> support then we could schedule a meeting at a suitable time using the 
> Zoom channel.  If we go down this path I would encourage all TCT members 
> to be present if possible.

+1 from my side. Any initiative to move out of the dead end road is great!

For me, there are the following general decisions:
D1) encoding error reporting mode: remove "-nocomplain" (TIP601) or 
"-strict" (TIP 346) (or, limit strict to modify the encoding and not 
modify the reporting mode)
D2) define the TCL 8.7 and TCL 9.0 default encoding error reporting mode 
(TIP601 and TIP 346 are contradictious). This results from D1)
D3) extend TIP607 to feature a fail reason reporting (incomplete 
sequence or encoding error)

Thank you and take care,
Harald