[haiku-bugs] Re: [Haiku] #976: convert_from_utf8() broken
- From: "pulkomandy" <trac@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 29 Nov 2010 19:22:33 -0000
#976: convert_from_utf8() broken
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Reporter: axeld | Owner: pulkomandy
Type: bug | Status: assigned
Priority: normal | Milestone: Unscheduled
Component: Kits/libtextencoding.so | Version: R1/Development
Resolution: | Keywords:
Blocked By: | Has a Patch: 0
Platform: All | Blocking:
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Changes (by pulkomandy):
* milestone: R1 => Unscheduled
Old description:
> convert_from_utf8() uses iconv() in the background. However, it
> opens/closes the iconv context with every invocation, which is just
> wrong.
>
> It becomes obvious with the UTF-16 encoding, where a marker is added at
> the beginning of the file, or, in our case, for every call to
> convert_from_utf8().
New description:
convert_from_utf8() uses iconv() in the background. However, it
opens/closes the iconv context with every invocation, which is just wrong.
It becomes obvious with the UTF-16 encoding, where a marker is added at
the beginning of the file, or, in our case, for every call to
convert_from_utf8().
It is not possible to open/close the context properly without changing the
API. Since this conflicts with the goal of Haiku R1, this bug is delayed
to post-R1 schedule. Likely, a new API will need to be designed as part of
the locale kit. It may be done before R2, and coexist with the legacy one.
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