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Re: [SG16] format.string.std references to "Unicode encoding" unclear

From: Corentin Jabot <corentinjabot_at_[hidden]>
Date: Wed, 26 Feb 2020 08:39:26 +0100
On Wed, 26 Feb 2020 at 02:38, Hubert Tong via SG16 <sg16_at_[hidden]>
wrote:

> In [format.string.std], the meaning of "Unicode encoding" added by P1868R2
> is unclear. One interpretation of what was meant by "Unicode encoding" is
> "UCS encoding scheme" (as defined by ISO/IEC 10646). Another interpretation
> is an encoding scheme capable of encoding all UCS code points that have
> been assigned to characters. Yet another interpretation is an encoding
> scheme capable of encoding all UCS scalar values.
>

Any encoding scheme capable of encoding any UCS codepoint - where a UCS
codepoint is tautologically any value in the UCS codespace (U+0 - U+10FFFF)


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Received on 2020-02-26 01:42:19