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> Truncation of UTF-8 is actually slightly worse than has been described.
> 
> It is possible to determine from the UTF-8 octets where one coded
> character ends and another begins.  But because Unicode contains
> combining characters, with no limit on how many of these there can
> be, and these modify the meaning of previous or later coded characters,
> it is not possible to determine where one 'symbol' ends.  So truncation
> at a UTF-8 boundary could subtlety change the meaning of a message,
> even breach security.  Not something we can guard against
> but should mention.

The above seems a little confused to me.  How can there be a problem
if a message is truncated on the boundary of complex character ?

Darren

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