bug#49214: closed (dabbrev-expand vs. ： vs. :)

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has caused the debbugs.gnu.org bug report #49214,
regarding dabbrev-expand vs. ： vs. :
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> dabbrev-expand vs. ： vs. :
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> Fri, 25 Jun 2021 03:31:34 +0800
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> Unfair! dabbrev-expand only expands boys names
> 1. 名：laura@nurdsboro.org
> 2. 名:ralph@nurdsboro.org
> ... when girls are behind wider colons.
> Try it:
> l M-/
> r M-/
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> Re: bug#49214: dabbrev-expand vs. ： vs. :
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> Fri, 25 Jun 2021 08:43:19 +0300
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> > From: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
> >  <jidanni@jidanni.org>
> > Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2021 04:23:23 +0800
> > Cc: 49214@debbugs.gnu.org
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> > Why are wide punctuation any less punctuation than narrow punctuation?
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> Some wide punctuation characters are treated specially due to their
> Word Break properties.  The details are in the comments where we
> define text-mode-syntax-table, and in the Unicode Standard Annex 29
> referenced from there.  It's just that there was a bug there.
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> > Sounds like a Euro-centered view of the world.
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> That's a nasty accusation which has no basis whatsoever.  Please don't
> do that again here, ever.
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> > Why can't all punctuation be treated the same, narrow or wide?
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> It was a bug, plain and simple.  Now fixed on the master branch.
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