kUnicodeRightToLeftMask

Declaration

kUnicodeRightToLeftMask = kUnicodeRightToLeft << kUnicodeDirectionalityBits

Discussion

The value kUnicodeRightToLeftMask tells the converter that the base paragraph direction is right to left. This determines which direction the converter should use for resolution of neutral coded characters, such as spaces that occur between sets of coded characters having different directions—for example, between Latin and Arabic characters—rendering ambiguous the direction of the space character.