From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 5 22:07:23 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 830321065672 for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 22:07:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gabor@FreeBSD.org) Received: from server.mypc.hu (server.mypc.hu [87.229.73.95]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 300C28FC19 for ; Tue, 5 May 2009 22:07:22 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from gabor@FreeBSD.org) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by server.mypc.hu (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2FDB414D5130 for ; Wed, 6 May 2009 00:07:22 +0200 (CEST) X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at t-hosting.hu Received: from server.mypc.hu ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (server.mypc.hu [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id rHgRU58HFk3A for ; Wed, 6 May 2009 00:07:21 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.1.105] (catv-80-98-231-64.catv.broadband.hu [80.98.231.64]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by server.mypc.hu (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id A345E14D5129 for ; Wed, 6 May 2009 00:07:21 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <4A00B897.809@FreeBSD.org> Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 00:07:19 +0200 From: Gabor Kovesdan User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (Windows/20090302) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org References: <20090427183836.GA10793@zim.MIT.EDU> <49F5FE45.2090101@freebsd.org> <20090427193326.GA7654@britannica.bec.de> <20090427194904.GA11137@zim.MIT.EDU> <49F6C7A1.6070708@FreeBSD.org> <20090428122225.GA2862@britannica.bec.de> <24e9a86bf5995ba551db8f27aa204191.squirrel@webmail.kovesdan.org> <20090428180624.GA2223@britannica.bec.de> In-Reply-To: <20090428180624.GA2223@britannica.bec.de> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Subject: Re: SoC 2009: BSD-licensed libiconv in base system X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 05 May 2009 22:07:23 -0000 Joerg Sonnenberger escribió: > > Unicode covers Korean. It just violates the "one logic character equals > one UCS-4 character" or however you want to put. More trivial example > can be obtained when looking at both your and my name. Diacrets have > historically been part of the character, but it is possible to use > combining characters in unicode for the cleaner description. > OK, I know that but that's other problem. You explicitly wrote that there were characters, which couldn't be represented un UCS-4, that was what I reacted on: > Everything can be represented as UCS-4 is a bad > assumption, but something Americans and Europeans naturally don't have > to care about. Cheers, -- Gabor Kovesdan FreeBSD Volunteer EMAIL: gabor@FreeBSD.org .:|:. gabor@kovesdan.org WEB: http://people.FreeBSD.org/~gabor .:|:. http://kovesdan.org