If only Hollerith had remembered his lingual heritage... -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: sqlite-users [mailto:sqlite-users-boun...@mailinglists.sqlite.org] Im Auftrag von Rowan Worth Gesendet: Dienstag, 18. April 2017 10:41 An: SQLite mailing list <sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org> Betreff: Re: [sqlite] strange behaviour on sqlite shell output…
On 18 April 2017 at 16:28, Hick Gunter <h...@scigames.at> wrote: > Richard Hipp wrote: > >I think the OP is referring to a problem that comes up because the > >field > width and precision of a printf() format are measured in bytes, not > characters, and if the input is multi-byte UTF then it is possible for > a single character to >be cut in half, resulting in goofy output. > > > >I checked in a fix for this yesterday. See > >https://www.sqlite.org/src/timeline?c=f508aff8 > > > > Damn UTF8 ... my "favorite" error is a data source defined as having > ISO encoding actually containing (2 byte) UTF8 characters, which, > after calling > iconv() ISO->UTF8, yield invalid codepoints (2 x 2 bytes) that produce > goofy output on terminals and cause mysterious crashes within XML > parsers, preferably called from within perl procedures that silently > terminate without any indication of the cause. > Right, so 1. the encoding is mislabeled 2. iconv is invoked to change the encoding 3. garbage in garbage out 4. this is utf-8's fault? The elegance of utf-8 lies in the fact that (a) the entire unicode space is representable using the one encoding and (b) it's backwards compatible with ASCII. A corollary of (a) is that in a utf-8 system no transcoding is required - ie. as soon as you invoke iconv you are complaining about *other* encodings, not utf-8 :P -Rowan (I did find the cascade of errors amusing :) ) _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users ___________________________________________ Gunter Hick Software Engineer Scientific Games International GmbH FN 157284 a, HG Wien Klitschgasse 2-4, A-1130 Vienna, Austria Tel: +43 1 80100 0 E-Mail: h...@scigames.at This communication (including any attachments) is intended for the use of the intended recipient(s) only and may contain information that is confidential, privileged or legally protected. Any unauthorized use or dissemination of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please immediately notify the sender by return e-mail message and delete all copies of the original communication. Thank you for your cooperation. _______________________________________________ sqlite-users mailing list sqlite-users@mailinglists.sqlite.org http://mailinglists.sqlite.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sqlite-users
