Re: Unicode confusables and reordering characters considered harmful

[Eli Zaretskii]

> From: Daniel Brooks <db48x@db48x.net>
> Cc: Gregory Heytings <gregory@heytings.org>,  Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>,
>   Stefan Kangas <stefan@marxist.se>,  cpitclaudel@gmail.com,
>   emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Tue, 02 Nov 2021 18:59:09 -0700
> 
> One recommendation the paper made was that languages should allow them,
> but give a syntax error if they reorder the comment or string delimiters
> relative to other text.

This would mean the compilers/interpreters will need to implement the
Unicode Bidirectional Algorithm, which is IMO and unreasonable
requirement, since those tools don't care about display.