Allow omitting spaces in property names.

2 files changed, 10 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
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@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 2011-03-26  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
 
+	Allow omitting spaces in property names.
+	* doc/unictype.texi (Properties as objects): Add details about how
+	uc_property_byname works.
+
+2011-03-26  Bruno Haible  <bruno@clisp.org>
+
 	Allow omitting spaces in joining group names.
 	* doc/unictype.texi (Joining group): Add details about how
 	uc_joining_group_byname works.
diff --git a/doc/unictype.texi b/doc/unictype.texi
index 2859cc3..5f292cc 100644
--- a/doc/unictype.texi
+++ b/doc/unictype.texi
@@ -1028,6 +1028,10 @@ with the given name exists, the result will satisfy the
 this predicate and must not be passed to functions that expect an
 @code{uc_property_t} argument.
 
+This lookup ignores spaces, underscores, or hyphens as word separators, is
+case-insignificant, and supports the aliases listed in Unicode's
+@file{PropertyAliases.txt} file.
+
 This function references a big table of all predefined properties.  Its use
 can significantly increase the size of your application.
 @end deftypefun