Re: codepointProperty

2014-04-04 Thread Mark Wieder
ot;you should already have known this". Actually, I'm fairly sure that warning was intended for me, since I have only the vaguest idea what a codepointProperty is, and even that bit is probably wrong. If I ever venture down that road I'll be sure to look elsewhere. -- -Mark Wieder

Re: codepointProperty

2014-04-04 Thread Björnke von Gierke
On 04.04.2014, at 19:30, Richmond wrote: > I wonder why 'codepointProperty' is not for general-purpose use (it is stated > without > any explanation) as it looks an extremely useful tool . . . Richmond, your usage and expertise of unicode is way beyond "general-pur

Re: codepointProperty

2014-04-04 Thread Richmond
On 04/04/14 22:02, Fraser Gordon wrote: That note was really just to encourage people to look elsewhere in case they stumble across the entry when searching for "uppercase" or similar. Trying to uppercase a string using codepointProperty is likely to be significantly slower than using

Re: codepointProperty

2014-04-04 Thread Fraser Gordon
On 04/04/2014 18:47, Richmond wrote: >> So, checking out "codepointProperty" in the Dictionary [AND, I am >> very happy to say, the >> Dictionary seems more up-to-date than it has been for years] I read >> this: >> >> "This function is not intend

Re: codepointProperty

2014-04-04 Thread Richmond
problem in Mac 10.6.7 So, checking out "codepointProperty" in the Dictionary [AND, I am very happy to say, the Dictionary seems more up-to-date than it has been for years] I read this: "This function is not intended for general-purpose use; please use functions such as toU

codepointProperty

2014-04-04 Thread Richmond
"codepointProperty" in the Dictionary [AND, I am very happy to say, the Dictionary seems more up-to-date than it has been for years] I read this: "This function is not intended for general-purpose use; please use functions such as toUpper or the is operators instead." Apar