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Re: A proper fix for the conversion-function problem

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Old 04-11-2008, 04:43 AM
John Hansen
 
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Default Re: A proper fix for the conversion-function problem

> Are there any encodings we care about that require embedded zero
bytes?

UTF-8 does!

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Old 04-11-2008, 04:43 AM
Andrew - Supernews
 
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Default Re: A proper fix for the conversion-function problem

On 2005-05-04, "John Hansen" <john@geeknet.com.au> wrote:
>> Are there any encodings we care about that require embedded zero
>> bytes?

>
> UTF-8 does!


nonsense

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Old 04-11-2008, 04:43 AM
Tom Lane
 
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"John Hansen" <john@geeknet.com.au> writes:
>> Are there any encodings we care about that require embedded zero

> bytes?


> UTF-8 does!


Surely not. Were you thinking of UTF-16 or UCS-2 or whatever it's
called?

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