[luatex] unicode.utf8.format + unicode.utf8.len?

[Taco Hoekwater]

On 11/26/2010 03:46 PM, Taco Hoekwater wrote:
> On 11/26/2010 02:51 PM, Philipp Gesang wrote:
>> Hi Taco& the Rest of the List,
>>
>> I’m sorry if this question sounds stupid, but I’m wondering for
>> what reason the ‘format()’ of slnunicode uses Lua’s string length
>> mechanism instead of ‘utf8_count()’?
>
> Luatex is repackaging the existing selene unicode library:
>
> http://luaforge.net/projects/sln/
>
> so can you please report the issue there? I am not eager
> to include local patches.

OTOH, I already have a local patch it seems, so adding another
would not be that big a deal. It would still be better if the fix
was created upstream, though.

Best wishes,
Taco