On 6/1/20 10:38 AM, Peter Brett via SG16 wrote:
>
> Hi Hubert,
>
> As I understand it (I’m probably wrong), u, U and u8 literals are an
> explicit request for a UTF-encoded literal to appear in the executable.
>
> Corentin is raising the issue that a valid ‘normal’ string literal
> might not be able to be losslessly encoded to the
> implementation-defined execution encoding. I don’t think this concern
> affects u, U or u8 string literals.
>
> In the past, SG16 discussed u, U or u8 literals that do not decode
> successfully. These can exist in validly-encoded source files by
> using \x escape sequences in a literal (u8"\xff"). I’m not sure what
> the outcome of phase 1 of translation is for literals like this, but
> they would certainly not be able to be losslessly encoded in a UTF
> encoding. I don’t recall what the outcome of that discussion was. I’m
> not sure whether or not this is the same problem Corentin is describing.
>
The concerns with \x sequences in u, U, and u8 literals are (intended to
be) answered by P2029 <https://wg21.link/p2029>.

Tom.

> Peter
>
> *From:*Hubert Tong <hubert.reinterpretcast_at_[hidden]>
> *Sent:* 01 June 2020 15:05
> *To:* SG16 <sg16_at_[hidden]>
> *Cc:* Peter Brett <pbrett_at_[hidden]>; Corentin
> <corentin.jabot_at_[hidden]>
> *Subject:* Re: [SG16] Conversion of grapheme clusters to (wide)
> execution encoding
>
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> On Mon, Jun 1, 2020 at 5:22 AM Corentin via SG16
> <sg16_at_[hidden] <mailto:sg16_at_[hidden]>> wrote:
>
> On Mon, 1 Jun 2020 at 09:48, Peter Brett <pbrett_at_[hidden]
> <mailto:pbrett_at_[hidden]>> wrote:
>
> Out of the 5 options laid out, I feel it would be best to make
> it ill-formed. The source code author's intent is (at best)
> ambiguous, and the onus should not be placed on the compiler
> to try to make it work. The status quo allows for programs to
> be broken in surprising ways.
>
> I think you might be right.
>
> Especially given making it work add implementation burden for the
> sake of legacy encodings and there is a somewhat easy fix: nfc
> normalize your sources.
>
> Wait, does this apply to u, U, and u8 strings? Users can't have
> non-NFC-normalized strings?
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Peter
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: SG16 <sg16-bounces_at_[hidden]
> <mailto:sg16-bounces_at_[hidden]>> On Behalf Of Jens
> Maurer via
> > SG16
> > Sent: 01 June 2020 07:10
> > To: sg16_at_[hidden] <mailto:sg16_at_[hidden]>
> > Cc: Jens Maurer <Jens.Maurer_at_[hidden]
> <mailto:Jens.Maurer_at_[hidden]>>; Corentin
> <corentin.jabot_at_[hidden] <mailto:corentin.jabot_at_[hidden]>>
> > Subject: Re: [SG16] Conversion of grapheme clusters to
> (wide) execution
> > encoding
> >
> > EXTERNAL MAIL
> >
> >
> > On 01/06/2020 00.21, Corentin via SG16 wrote:
> > > Hello
> > >
> > > Consider a string literal "e\u00B4" (LATIN SMALL LETTER
> E, ACUTE
> > ACCENT).
> > >
> > > There is some consensus in SG-16 that this should not be
> normalized in
> > phase 1, or in phase 5 if the execution encoding of that
> string literal
> > encode the Unicode character set.
> > > However, what should happen if the execution character set
> is Latin 1,
> > for example?
> > >
> > > ACUTE ACCENT does not have an implementation in latin 1,
> but the
> > grapheme cluster LATIN SMALL LETTER E, ACUTE ACCENT does as
> LATIN SMALL
> > LETTER E WITH ACUTE has a representation in the
> latin character set
> > >
> > > This is currently implementation defined ("e?" in msvc,
> ill-formed in
> > GCC and Clang), but the wording is specific about the
> conversion happening
> > independently for each code point.
> > >
> > > I think we have several options:
> > >
> > > 1. Status quo
> > > 2. Making the conversion ill formed as per P1854R0
> Conversion to
> > execution encoding should not lead to loss of
> > meaning
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> >
> iU1lA!QIugkkaP5mbGSB4ocs-mkv_CIGbTOKMblzUfGVYDOBbFRaZU6Uu6Bsaa14-Ufg$
> > > 3. Allowing an implementation to transform each abstract
> character to
> > another abstract character represented by more of fewer code
> points
> > > 4. Forcing an implementation to transform each abstract
> character to
> > another abstract character represented by more of fewer code
> points.
> > > 5. Conversion to NFC(K?) before conversion to a non
> unicode character
> > set, but that may maybe introduce further issues and adds
> burden on
> > implementation
> > >
> > >
> > > Option 4 seems hardly implementable in all cases.
> > > Option 2 and 5 offer the most consistency
> across implementations
> > > Option 3, 4, 5 may be a behavior change
> > >
> > > I think i have a preference for 3.
> > >
> > > What do you think?
> >
> > String literals also have an inherent length. I'm mildly
> opposed to
> > normatively
> > specifying a required alteration of the
> "source-code-apparent" length for
> > types
> > whose encoding are not variable-width to start with (u8,
> u16). That
> > leaves
> > 1 and 2 for me.
> >
> > Jens
> >
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