Known Anomalies in Unicode Character Names
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The Unicode Consortium has documented known anomalies in Unicode character names, sparking discussion about the implications and potential issues with character naming conventions.
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If so, we might need a list of known problems in the known problems list. (-:
Or maybe it is time to acknowledge that "to date" in 2006 was a fair while ago now.