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Re: New GB18030 gconv module for glibc (from ThizLinux Laboratory)

On Thu, Jan 17, 2002 at 06:03:47PM -0800, Ulrich Drepper wrote:
> Anthony Fok <anthony@thizlinux.com> writes:
> > No, this is wrong.  As I have said, in the Unicode standard, U+33FF
> > is "legal" but "unassigned".  If gb18030.c says it is "illegal", it is
> > glibc's bug.
> 
> No.  This is an incorrect input.  Period.  There is no discussion
> about it.  I've already said that no character which is not in the
> current UnicodeData list must be converted.

If "iconv -f ucs4 -t utf8" also fails on U+33FF because "This is an
incorrect input[sic]", then I rest my case.

If not, then glibc is inconsistent, hence a bug.  Period.

Anthony

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