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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