On 03/27/2010 06:57 PM, Daniel Elstner wrote: > However, for other invalid conditions to result in defined behavior, > explicit checks would be required in the code. I see no reason to pay > the cost for insufficient validation checks in light of the fact that > the documentation explicitly states that the behavior is undefined if > the input is not valid UTF-8. It might be a different matter if it > would write past the end of a buffer or something, but that's not the > case here.
Well, there's a bit more to it. Just because some bytes in a file are invalid acording to the spec doesn't mean your text editor should refuse to open the file. While g_utf8_get_char() and friends do assume valid UTF-8 data, it's an unwritten assumption that for invalid bytes they simply skip the byte and return -1. And I want to keep it that way and perhaps even document it. I think I use that in Pango IIRC. Anyway, getting way off-topic here. behdad _______________________________________________ gtk-devel-list mailing list gtk-devel-list@gnome.org http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-devel-list
