Re: c++ strings and UTF-8 (other charsets)

[Rich Felker <dalias@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, Feb 27, 2007 at 07:49:17PM -0500, Daniel B. wrote:
> Marcel Ruff wrote:
> > 
> ....
> > As UTF-8 may not contain '\0' ...
> 
> Yes it can.

No, I think he just meant to say "a string of non-NUL _characters_ may
not contain a 0 _byte_". The NUL character is not valid "text" or a
valid part of a "string" in the POSIX sense of "text" or the C/POSIX
sense of "string".

> Are you thinking of Java's _modified_ version of UTF-8
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-8#Java)?

Uhg, disgusting...

BTW, note that ill-advised programs allowing NUL characters in text
where they do not belong often leads to vulnerabilities, like the
Firefox vuln just a few days ago.

Rich

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