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case mappings Alex Shinn (13 Jul 2005 03:57 UTC)
Re: case mappings Thomas Bushnell BSG (13 Jul 2005 05:49 UTC)
Re: case mappings Michael Sperber (13 Jul 2005 06:41 UTC)
Re: case mappings Thomas Bushnell BSG (13 Jul 2005 06:47 UTC)
Re: case mappings Michael Sperber (13 Jul 2005 07:12 UTC)
Re: case mappings Thomas Bushnell BSG (13 Jul 2005 07:21 UTC)
Re: case mappings bear (13 Jul 2005 17:24 UTC)
Re: case mappings Thomas Bushnell BSG (13 Jul 2005 19:35 UTC)
Re: case mappings Alex Shinn (13 Jul 2005 07:55 UTC)
Re: case mappings Alex Shinn (13 Jul 2005 07:40 UTC)
Re: case mappings Thomas Bushnell BSG (13 Jul 2005 19:36 UTC)
Re: case mappings Alex Shinn (14 Jul 2005 02:39 UTC)
Re: case mappings Thomas Bushnell BSG (14 Jul 2005 07:15 UTC)
Re: case mappings Alex Shinn (14 Jul 2005 07:42 UTC)
Re: case mappings Thomas Bushnell BSG (14 Jul 2005 08:07 UTC)
Re: case mappings Alex Shinn (14 Jul 2005 08:24 UTC)
Re: case mappings bear (14 Jul 2005 16:47 UTC)
Re: case mappings Thomas Bushnell BSG (14 Jul 2005 20:29 UTC)
Re: case mappings bear (15 Jul 2005 18:23 UTC)
Re: case mappings Thomas Bushnell BSG (15 Jul 2005 19:52 UTC)
Re: case mappings Matthew Flatt (13 Jul 2005 13:05 UTC)
Re: case mappings Thomas Bushnell BSG (13 Jul 2005 19:39 UTC)
Re: case mappings Alex Shinn (14 Jul 2005 02:31 UTC)

Re: case mappings Thomas Bushnell BSG 13 Jul 2005 19:36 UTC

Alex Shinn <xxxxxx@gmail.com> writes:

> The idea of ASCII-only mappings was suggested for the simple fact
> that they are well-defined, and required for many computer formats and
> protocols.  If R6RS doesn't provide them, every Scheme will in some
> form or another, so it's better to standardize them.  Call them
> ascii-char-ci=? etc. if the specificity bothers you.

Actually, if you know the characters are ASCII, then the
local-independent Unicode rules *will* correctly do ASCII case
mapping.  So why do you need special ASCII functions?