Re: new-line and character code set

[Hideki IWAMOTO]

On Wed, 06 Sep 2006 21:29:09 +0900, Shigio YAMAGUCHI wrote...
> > > > > Q. Does GLOBAL support multi-bytes code set?
> > > > >    Which character code set is supported?
> > > > > 
> > > > >         GLOBAL doesn't support multi-byte character code set yet.
> > 
> > How about single byte encoding except ASCII?
> > Do we have to write code that does not depend on character encoding?
> 
> You mean 8bit encoding? Hmmm, it's gray zone.
> I think that we should write the code which doesn't depend on encoding
> if possible. However, we may write it if it is important.
> Let's discuss by example.

Sources generated with gperf depend on specific character encoding. 
Therefore, I think that it is impossible to make GLOBAL not depended on 
encoding. 
I hope you to add sentence like "GLOBAL supports only ASCII and ASCII 
supersets" to FAQ. 

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