I hasten to add: > UTF-8 and UTF-32, at least, already have the architecture > to represent 2^31 and 2^32 code points, respectively. The definitions would > simply have to changed to make the additional code points legal. > > Only UTF-16 would truly need to be redesigned, and that has already been > proposed.
None of this is actually going to happen, of course. Unicode and 10646 are committed to staying with 17 planes. I was just pointing out that certain individuals had made informal proposals to extend the code space. -Doug Ewell Fullerton, California
