wchar_t values

Masataka Ohta mohta at necom830.cc.titech.ac.jp
Thu Apr 11 17:14:44 AEST 1991


In article <1117 at sranha.sra.co.jp>
	erik at srava.sra.co.jp (Erik M. van der Poel) writes:

>> If C standard want [L'c' equals 'c'], They can do so simply by ignoring
>> 10646. Currently, C standard has nothing to do with 10646.

>Yes, this is what I've been saying all along. Have you read any of the
>other articles in this thread?

I have been reading the thread and felt the point become fuzzy.

So, I made it clear.

>> 	1) define standard way to convert 10646 to wchar_t

>Yes, this is exactly what I want. Either in an ISO C addendum, or in a
>10646 normative annex, or in a separate International Standard, as
>long as it is published at around the same time as IS 10646.

>Aren't we trying to achieve codeset independence?

How can you be codeset independent by having ISO C addendum about
10646?

>The point is that I don't want to change ANSI/ISO C. Unnecessary
>changes at this late stage may confuse implementors and users.

Why not, if it is necessary?

						Masataka Ohta



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