Re: [rfc] unicode escapes for extended strings - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Andrew Dunstan
Subject Re: [rfc] unicode escapes for extended strings
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Msg-id 49E78145.8060800@dunslane.net
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In response to Re: [rfc] unicode escapes for extended strings  (Sam Mason <sam@samason.me.uk>)
Responses Re: [rfc] unicode escapes for extended strings  (Sam Mason <sam@samason.me.uk>)
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Sam Mason wrote:
> Are you sure that this handling of surrogates is correct?  The best
> answer I've managed to find on the Unicode consortium's site is:
>
>   http://unicode.org/faq/utf_bom.html#utf16-7
>
> it says:
>
>   They are invalid in interchange, but may be freely used internal to an
>   implementation.
>   



It says that about non-characters, not about the use of surrogate pairs, 
unless I am misreading it.

cheers

andrew



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