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Re: iconv in glibc
Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS <edmundo@rano.demon.co.uk> writes:
> It seems that iconv() in glibc-2.1.1 returns EILSEQ when the input
> sequence is valid but there is no equivalent in the output charset.
> Has this behaviour been corrected in glibc-2.2?
This is not wrong.
> What does it do instead? Is it capable of stripping diacritics where
> necessary?
There will be support for transliteration. But unlike in programs
which do something like this today it'll be done right.
> Will iconv() in glibc-2.2 convert from utf-7? (I would argue that
> utf-7 should be treated as a codeset, like utf-8 or iso-2022-jp, even
> if it is only used in e-mail and somewhat resembles quoted-printable.)
I've never seen UTF-7 being used therefore I haven't added it.
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