On Fri, October 25, 2013 2:16 pm, Joseph Wright wrote: > On 25/10/2013 22:14, Michiel Helvensteijn wrote: >> On Fri, Oct 25, 2013 at 9:59 PM, Joseph Wright >> <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >> >>> - You want to make 'weird' chars (catcode tricks with \lowercase >>> primitive) >> >> A thought: >> >> Conceptually speaking, upper-case and lower-case are concepts that >> have to do with letters, and making weird chars is a completely >> unrelated feature. The \lowercase trick is what I would call an >> implementation detail. With expl3 you have the opportunity to separate >> the two concepts in the public interface. Give the weird-char >> technique a different name... such as "bijective conversion". > > We're pretty sure 'case' doesn't come into the name: our working idea is > "\tl_transform:nn" or similar, but no decision has to-date been reached. > (Prod Will, Frank, Bruno, ...!) "map" ("mapping") is the usual term. Donald Arseneau, TRIUMF CMMS, [log in to unmask]