On Tue, 28 Feb 2006 12:47:33 -0500 solar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | I forget where I read it but I thought that unicode lead to overflows | and was considered a general security risk. I wish I knew where I read | that but I'm unable to find it. | | Any list readers know anything relating to that?
Eh, not really. With non-utf-8 you could argue that it's an increased risk, since you get non-string-terminating nulls, but with utf-8 those aren't an issue. It's not really a very well substantiated claim. It's like saying "GUI programming leads to bugs" or "internationalisation leads to program crashes". Yes, it's possible (in C, anyway) to screw up your buffer routines when converting code to handle utf-8, but then it's always possible to screw up buffer routines. -- Ciaran McCreesh : Gentoo Developer (Wearer of the shiny hat) Mail : ciaranm at gentoo.org Web : http://dev.gentoo.org/~ciaranm
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