From: Ralf Zessin (zessin@helena.rbi.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de)
Date: 02/15/93


From: zessin@helena.rbi.informatik.uni-frankfurt.de (Ralf Zessin)
Subject: Re: 8 bit clean implies what?
Date: 15 Feb 1993 14:19:47 GMT

In <16849@auspex-gw.auspex.com> guy@Auspex.COM (Guy Harris) writes:

]>>However, a single CHANGE_CASE table is
]>>sufficient if it is guaranteed that lower_case(x) >= upper_case(x). Does
]>>anyone know if this assumption is valid?
]>
]>Yes, this is true for at least ISO-Latin-1 and DEC Multinational
]>Character Set (almost identical).

]I.e., the upper-case version of the German "sz" character has a loweer
]code than the lower-case version?
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For our "sz" ( looks similar to greek beta ) there is no uppercase equivalent.
For uppertcasing a string containing sz there are two rules:
        A) DON'T touch the sz
        B) replace sz with two 's'

The version B should be avoided

        - Ralf