Combining characters

[Phil Smith III via Unicode]

This may be dumb/hopelessly naïve but here goes!

 

My observations/inferences/suppositions re combining characters:

*       They were originally implemented as a way to reduce the total number of 
characters 
*       We’re well past any likely original vision of the number of 
characters/scripts anyway, so that “savings” is kinda meaningless
*       Combiners are a pain overall (normalization!)
*       Barring Earth joining the Galactic Federation and Unicode deciding to 
include all twelve billion alien languages, the current scheme will suffice 
forever (yeah, yeah, I know, “never say forever”, but…this feels like IPv6 
addresses, “there are just SO many…”)

 

Ergo, I posit that there should never be a need for any NEW combiners.


Is there any sort of official or unofficial policy to that end? Inquiring minds 
and all that…

 

Thanks,

...phsiii