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Re: IV preservation (was Re: [PATCH 5.7.0] compiling on OS/2)

From:
Ilya Zakharevich
Date:
February 16, 2001 13:11
Subject:
Re: IV preservation (was Re: [PATCH 5.7.0] compiling on OS/2)
Message ID:
20010216161146.A21380@math.ohio-state.edu
On Fri, Feb 16, 2001 at 08:44:26AM -0600, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote:
> > A string *must* be marked utf8 if was utf8-encoded and contained chars
> > above 127.  A string *may* be marked utf8 if it byte-encoded, but does
> > not contain chars above 127.
> 
> Your sentence is in opposition with our existing Unicode model and
> implementation, which seems to be working rather nicely, so you must
> have a complete alternative implementation in your backpocket.

Let me slightly restate/enhance my other answer:

  a) there are two issues: how a flag is used, and the informal
     meaning we assign to this flag.  The second should not contradict
     the first;

  b) The way the flag is currently used:

      1) during operations which require bytes;
      2) during operations which require utf8;
      3) to chose a branch in polymorphic operations;

     For operations 2) and 3) "my" and "yours" meanings do not
     contradict the usage.  For 1) - as far as I understand, the only
     operation which behaves as "1" is one type of pack().

Ilya



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