So, are these changes included in the new style manual that comes in the mkgmap installation package?
Also, a small note about terminology. This issue pops up now and again and it's not a big one but I feel I should point it out. When you refer to what we in the U.S. call parentheses (singular parenthesis), you use the term "brackets". Correct me if I'm wrong, but don't most mathematicians use parenthesis to describe this character? "(" or ")".
The term bracket usually implies either this "[" or this "]", while braces (or less often "curly brackets"), refer to "{" or "}"
I know certain programming languages, C and Pascal among them, use the parentheses, brackets and braces terminology outlined above.
Cheers,
Dave