Re: Question: Fullwidth double-quote and fullwidth backslash

Hello Roy,

At 20:24 03/02/14 +0000, Roy Badami wrote:

>On the contrary, quotes can appear on business cards.

Ok, thanks. So they actually can, and do, in odd cases.
Paper is patient. (German saying)

But are we really required, or do we see it as our goal,
to help people avoid some potential typing mistakes in
addresses that are, by their length and complexity, not
at all user-friendly in the first place?

My position is that we don't have any reason to go there.

Regards,    Martin.



>Consider the following (invented) address, obtained by mapping an
>X.400 address using RFC1148 or successors:
>
>"/PN=Roy.Badami/OU=Systems/O=Microsoft Inc/C=US/ADMD=ATT/"@x-400-relay.att.com
>
>I really have seen addresses like this (though not recently, I'll admit).
>
>If the LHS contains unusual characters, quoting had better appear on
>the business card.
>
>     -roy