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Re: wcwidth() implementation

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Subject: Re: wcwidth() implementation
From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 08 Feb 2000 08:55:30 -0800
In-reply-to: Markus Kuhn's message of "Tue, 08 Feb 2000 12:49:49 +0000"
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Markus Kuhn <Markus.Kuhn@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> Attached is my public domain implementation of the wcwidth() and
> wcswidth() functions. I hope you will find it useful for inclusion into
> glibc,

Why?  I have a correct implementation in glibc.  It is not based on
some obscure hardcoded algororithm but instead allows locale-dependent
information.  Hardcoding is really unsuitable since not all character
sets agree with UCS about the width.

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