| u: Extended | initial writing: 2005-09-14 last updated: 2005-12-08 | 
u: has been extended as follows:
|  | 7 u: y and 8 u: y have been added. | |
|  | 1 u: y will now accept a 1-byte character argument and returns it as is. | |
|  | 2 u: y will now accept a 2-byte character argument and returns it as is. |