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On 02/17/2012 07:50 PM, Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57) wrote:
> Le Sat, 18 Feb 2012 01:24:40 +0100, Yannick Duchêne (Hibou57)
> <yannick_duchene@yahoo.fr> a écrit:
>> I've just checked, U+02CA is an accent, U+02B9 is a prime (as a
>> modifier letter, not a standalone glyph). At least GNAT reject it.
>> Will check the RM tomorrow (if ever GNAT is wrong).
>
> No, GNAT is right, and I was wrong. Xʹ is OK and just requires to pass
> “-gnatiw -gnatW8” options to GNAT.
>
> “-gnatiw”: allows character code out of ASCII in names.
> “-gnatW8”: tell GNAT the source file is UTF-8 encoded.
>
> “-gnatW8” works alone, but I feel its safer to use “-gnatiw -gnatW8”, to
> be more explicite.
>
> Xʹ looks very similar to X' (attribute, type qualification), although
> the compiler will probably help to catch it. This depends on font too.
>
> Xˊ is far less similar to X', but does not really stands for prime, it
> precisely is “Modifier Letter Acute Accent”. But don't bother, as the
> effective meaning is clear.
>
>
Just don't use a name like XʹFirst :-)  What about Xʹs for plural?

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