Re: UTF-8 Encode problems with \u \U

[Chet Ramey]

On 2/18/12 4:51 AM, John Kearney wrote:
> Configuration Information [Automatically generated, do not change]:
> Machine: x86_64
> OS: linux-gnu
> Compiler: gcc
> Compilation CFLAGS:  -DPROGRAM='bash' -DCONF_HOSTTYPE='x86_64'
> -DCONF_OSTYPE='linux-gnu' -DCONF_MACHTYPE='x86_64-pc-linux-gnu'
> -DCONF_VENDOR='pc' -DLOCALEDIR='/usr/share/locale' -DPACKAGE='bash'
> -DSHELL -DHAVE_CONFIG_H   -I.  -I../bash -I../bash/include
> -I../bash/lib   -g -O2 -Wall
> uname output: Linux DETH00 3.0.0-15-generic #26-Ubuntu SMP Fri Jan 20
> 17:23:00 UTC 2012 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
> Machine Type: x86_64-pc-linux-gnu
> 
> Bash Version: 4.2
> Patch Level: 10
> Release Status: release
> 
> Description:
>     \u and \U incorrectly encode values between \u80 and \uff
> 
> Repeat-By:
>   printf '%q\n' "$(printf '\uff')"
>   printf '%q\n' $'\uff'
>   # outputs $'\377' instead of $'\303\277'

Thanks for the report.  This will be fixed in the next bash release.

Chet

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