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Re: number format test
Kay Michael <Michael.Kay@icl.com> wrote:
>Saxon currently "supports" a numbering sequence starting with any alphabetic
>character, though many of these sequences are not especially useful. By
>default, the sequence consists of all consecutive Unicode characters up to
>the next non-alphabetic one. For example, a token of "x" gives you the
>sequence "x", "y", "z", "xx", "xy", "xz" etc. While this might not be what
>the above sentence envisaged, I believe this behaviour is conformant.
Imagine, if roman number is not supported, the sequence
I J K L M N O P Q R S T...
is generated instead of
I II III IV V VI VII VIII IX X XI XII...
Is it better than the sequence 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12...?
This simplified example is not so good. The latin alphabet is small and
its codepoint order is well known. But the CJK ideographs are not so --
the sequence 一 丁 丂 七... is nonsense,
1 2 3 4... is much better than the unexpected sequence.
(there are several CJK characters representing "1", not only 一)
Unknown numbering sequence should not be "supported", I believe.
MURAKAMI Shinyu
murakami@nadita.com
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