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From: Erik M. van der Poel <erik@sra.co.jp>
To: wg15rin@dkuug.dk
Subject: symbolic names in localedef
Date: Mon, 22 Apr 91 09:12:25 +0900
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Dear wg15rinners:

Some of the localedefs that I have seen use <percent-sign> instead of
%. One might think that the portable characters don't need to be
surrounded by <>. Is there a reason for using the symbolic names for
absolutely everything?

Erik