> I recompiled PHP with UTF-8 internal encoding. So no transcoding is performed.
Recompiled PHP with UTF-8? That sounds new to me. As far as I know,
there is no such a compiling option in PHP.
> > BTW, it seems entirely likely that Windows apps might display something
> > for UTF-8 sequences that are invalid according to the published specs.
> > It'd be just like Microsoft to "extend" the standard...
>
> It might be the case, I agree. Could it be a problem of surface (UCS-2
> characters embedded in UTF-8)? PostgreSQL 7.3 should accept more UTF-8
> characters anyway as I can display all Japanese characters. Many users may
> have the same problem. So why filter?
You need to make sure that M$ or whatever define such kind of
"extention" before jumping to the conclusion.
I still hard to believe E3/82/27 is a valid UTF-8 character even in
M$'s extention...
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Tatsuo Ishii
