Date: Mon, 19 Jan 1998 08:50:36 -0300 From: daniel_sobral@voga.com.br To: louie@TransSys.COM Cc: hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Wide characters on tcp connections Message-ID: <83256591.0040AFF0.00@papagaio.voga.com.br>
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> TCP doesn't know or care from chararacters or other datatypes; > it simply provides you a full-duplex reliable octet stream > between two endpoints. You encode your characters, integers, > floating point numbers, etc. as you see fit. > This is similar to asking if the UNIX filesystem has provisions > for storing "wide characters in files"; the FS doesn't care > what's inside it's files. Though that's technically right, one might feel the need for a standard if the files he writes are going to be read by other people's programs. Of course TCP, by itself, provides all support you need to send the characters, but ignoring the practical problems would be akin to keeping to IP (vs TCP or UDP) because that's all you _really_ need... -- Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) Daniel_Sobral@voga.com.br Tagline: * FreeBSD. Earth.
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