What is the nfd() function really doing?
Das Goravani
goravanis at gmail.com
Fri Apr 15 17:59:06 UTC 2022
What does the nfd() function do in plain common English please?
The online help says:
Carries out the canonical decomposition of the string and returns the normalized string.
What does that mean, I guess I’m locking up on the term "canonical decomposition"
I tried looking it up and found that nfd() is a method of decomposing text characters into their base parts but I don’t understand.
I’m finding this function used in the IMAP Worker Object Demo by Omnis. They apply nfd() to Mailbox names.
I think mailbox names are really set, small, already "decomposed" as far as I can tell. Names like
Inbox, Drafts, Trash, Sent items, Spam
Couldn’t get much smaller or different, so I don’t understand
The term is heavily used in Algebra, and is mathematical
Any help appreciated.
Das Goravani
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