"Adam M. Costello" wrote:
> > Since they are undefined, they are not alphabetic > > That's the one point where I don't follow you. If they are undefined, > then their alphabeticness is undefined Being undefined, they are just opaque codes. Nothing more, nothing less. They may be represented as characters within the scope of a local system who only has a charset for output purposes, but that doesn't mean the data contains characters. The data contains opaque codes. Nothing more. > If you want to enforce an interpretation of the eight-bit range, you > > have to use new RRs, a new class, an EDNS identifier, or something, in > > order to distinguish between the legacy and modern systems. > > Agreed. Then change IDNA. Mandatory transliteration introduces the same kind of absurd recklessness. -- Eric A. Hall http://www.ehsco.com/ Internet Core Protocols http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/coreprot/
