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List:       perl5-porters
Subject:    Re: =?iso-8859-15?Q?A_troubling_thought_-_smartmatch_?= =?iso-8859-15?Q?re=EFmagined?=
From:       "Christian Walde" <walde.christian () gmail ! com>
Date:       2022-06-28 11:26:26
Message-ID: op.1og0qcalydyjqt () xenbox ! cihq
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On Tue, 28 Jun 2022 12:29:56 +0200, Konovalov, Vadim <Vadim.Konovalov@de=
ll.com> wrote:

>> From: Tomasz Konojacki <me@xenu.pl>
>> On Tue, 28 Jun 2022, at 06:30, Konovalov, Vadim wrote:
>>> Usage of "?" in this context is obviously incorrect.
>>> Not only you're messing with following search engines, you're also
>>> applying wrong meaning to the umlaut.
>>>
>>> IMO adding such kind of jokes isn't improving overall impression.
>>>
>>> This joke is stupid.
>>
>> It isn't umlaut, and it isn't "obviously incorrect", just unusual:
>
> Thanks for the correction, it is indeed "Diaeresis", not umlaut.
>
> IMO using diaeresis in co=F6perate and in re=EFmagined is playing smar=
tass, until all "foo" instances replaced with "fo=F6" through all the Pe=
rl source code.

foo (pronounced as in fool) contains a single vowel, a single sound, wit=
h no break between the two 'o', so a diaeresis there would be inappropri=
ate.

> This approach also disrespects German (and Estonian) reading of such l=
etters.

As a German, i mentally stumble when i encounter a diaeresis, however i =
do not feel disrespected. Nobody and no culture owns those two dottels.

Further, discussing this on the mailing list (rather than asking Leonerd=
 in private without insults) does not seem particularly on-topic, and i =
would hope the conversation could die with this message.

-- =

With regards,
Christian Walde
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