[ruby-core:107737] [Ruby master Bug#18590] String#downcase and CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DOT ABOVE

Issue #18590 has been updated by duerst (Martin D端rst).


mame (Yusuke Endoh) wrote in #note-7:
> BTW, the rdoc of String#downcase in 3.1 and master is very less informative, and has a broken link (which is maybe the same issue as #18468). It was changed at commit:f7e266e6d2ccad63e4245a106a80c82ef2b38cbf between 3.0 and 3.1. Personally I strongly prefer [the 3.0 style](https://ruby-doc.org/core-3.0.0/String.html#method-i-downcase).

I also prefer the 3.0 version, but that's probably because I wrote that documentation of these methods (when I implemented them). Anyway, I think the 3.1 way of documenting things could also work, but the options link on each casing method should include a fragment and point to https://ruby-doc.org/core-3.1.0/doc/case_mapping_rdoc.html#label-Default+Case+Mapping, not just to https://ruby-doc.org/core-3.1.0/doc/case_mapping_rdoc.html. @BurdetteLamar



mame (Yusuke Endoh) wrote in #note-6:
> @duerst Let me confirm. The rdoc of 3.1 and master refers to https://www.unicode.org/charts/case/.
> 
> > Default Case Mapping
> > By default, all of these methods use full Unicode case mapping, which is suitable for most languages. See [Unicode Latin Case Chart](https://www.unicode.org/charts/case/).
> 
> It is not clear to me that the document says "0069 0307 for '聴'.downcase".

That document does NOT say "0069 0307 for '聴'.downcase".

> Is it okay?

I reported to Unicode that they should check it an clarify how this chart was made.

> Should it be replaced with https://www.unicode.org/Public/UCD/latest/ucd/SpecialCasing.txt ?

In the Ruby documentation, probably yes. SpecialCasing.txt is an official Unicode data file. The case charts are just a Web page. But the case charts may be easier to understand for non-experts.

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Bug #18590: String#downcase and CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DOT ABOVE
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/18590#change-96663

* Author: andrykonchin (Andrew Konchin)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: duerst (Martin D端rst)
* ruby -v: 3.1.0p0
* Backport: 2.6: UNKNOWN, 2.7: UNKNOWN, 3.0: UNKNOWN, 3.1: UNKNOWN
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Downcasing for "聴" character works in an unexpected way:

```ruby
'聴'.downcase
=> "i̇"
```

Expected result - downcasing should return "i". Instead, it returns small "i" and additional "dot" character:

```ruby
'İ'.downcase.chars
=> ["i", "̇"]
```

According to the standard Unicode case mapping character 'İ'(0130) maps to lowercased 'i' (0069).

```
0130;LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I WITH DOT ABOVE;Lu;0;L;0049 0307;;;;N;LATIN CAPITAL LETTER I DOT;;;0069;
```

https://www.unicode.org/Public/UCD/latest/ucd/UnicodeData.txt




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