Asmus Freytag scripsit: > While "VARIATION SELECTOR" is the formal name of the character (and therefore > fixed), referring to the selected thing as a 'variation' sounds really > odd, that's why the more common term 'variant' is used all over the place. > Perhaps we ought to make them formally synonyms, somewhat like code point > and code location. > > I think it's a subtle thing. Without context, *VARIANT SELECTOR could be > understood as a VARIANT of a SELECTOR. Equally, without context, referring > of the 'variation' of a character is less clear than saying 'variant'.
The variation selector specifies the variation which will produce the variant. -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please leave your values | Check your assumptions. In fact, at the front desk. | check your assumptions at the door. --sign in Paris hotel | --Miles Vorkosigan
