Re: RFC 2279 (UTF-8) to Full Standard

[Misha.Wolf@reuters.com]

On 11/04/2002 18:45:56 Markus Scherer wrote:
> RFC 2279 still describes encodings for code points >U+10ffff.
> That should be removed. Among other changes, this results in "The octet values
> F5..FF never appear." (instead of "FE and FF", in the Intro)
>
> Why not just point to the definition in the Unicode Standard, Version 3.2?

That is a possibility.  It never was before, as prior to
Unicode 3.2, the Unicode definition of UTF-8 was seriously
flawed, allowing irregular code unit sequences.  On the
other hand, the definition of UTF-8 in Unicode 3.2 is made
up of amendments to existing text in Unicode 3.0, is it not?
That isn't a suitable format for a normative reference.

Misha






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