Re: [Gal-hackers] Re: [Evolution-hackers] utf-8 requires vigilance

[Lauris Kaplinski]

Hello!

On 05 May 2001 08:16:45 -0400, Richard Schoeller wrote:
> Better still would be to treat invalid utf-8 as though it were
> in the codeset of the current global locale.  It is very likely
> that end users outside of western europe will exchange most of
> their email with users of the same codeset as themselves.

No. This would be completely broken.
If method name is g_utf8_whatever, then it should accept utf8 and FAIL
(OK, no crash still), if sting is not well-formed.
For guessing one can add separate set of methods, like
g_guess_encoding_xyz()
and add these to public interface instead of strict utf8 ones.

Lauris

 



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