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Re:APFS does not normalize Unicode filenames by TazeTSchnitzel on Saturday March 25, 2017 @10:22AM (#13955763)
> The problem exists already on the visual level, since there are pairs of distinct Unicode characters that look very much alike.

Yes, but software doesn't consider them equivalent.

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Re:APFS does not normalize Unicode filenames by int_19h on Sunday March 26, 2017 @04:22AM (#13959768)
The software also doesn't consider the two strings given as an example above equivalent, and for the same exact reason: they're sequences of different code points.
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