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Re: wcwidth(), glibc stuff etc.

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Subject: Re: wcwidth(), glibc stuff etc.
From: Ulrich Drepper <drepper@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: 09 Feb 2000 23:30:21 -0800
In-reply-to: Thomas.Wolff@icn.siemens.de's message of "Wed, 9 Feb 2000 12:47:53 +0100 (MET)"
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Thomas.Wolff@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

> That's why I can't depend on any system integrated UTF-8 support, neither 
> wcchar_t, width determination, nor locale(), UTF-8 curses or anything.
> I think this is a recommendable approach for anyone who wants to create 
> software that just runs - standalone.

The correct way is to use replacements only if a real implementation
is not available.

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