> >I can't say I comletely agree with your point (or understand it), but so be it. > > > > > Feel free to ask for clarification.
Laura I feel this whole issue has been blown out of all reasonable proportions. I really regret about having been too emotional. I do admit I overdid with my sarcasm. I did get your point. My one and only problem is not being able to understand the purpose of toUsingCharset. Please correct me if err, but you seem to share it > Basically I was trying (in my wordy way) to say that toUsingCharset > seems to do two things: > > - Convert the Unicode string to an array of bytes using the converter > for "fromCharset" > - Convert the bytes back to Unicode using the converter for "toCharset". > > This makes no sense to me. That's the whole point! That is my ONE & ONLY problem! > When you're doing character-set-aware > programming and have an array of bytes, you always need to keep a > (byte[], charset name) pair, so you know what the bytes *mean*. The > bytes by themselves are just a bit stream; the character set name tells > you how to interpret the bits into "abstract" characters that mean > something to a human. toUsingCharset is converting the Unicode string > to a bit stream using one mechanism, then converting back to Unicode > using another mechanism. I don't know how this could ever do anything > useful. > So don't I. And I am not alone. Sung-Su has been repeatedly asked to provide a test cases by me & Odi. He has been ignoring these requests. I just can't understand what's the deal with refusing to provide a test case? > >Had not Sung-Su refused to provide a simple unit test case for this method, this >discussion would have been put to an end a few months ago. But apparently writing >test cases is for losers > > > > > How about if we just deprecate the @#% thing and the two URIUtil methods > that call it? > I really do not want to do anything without Sung-Gu's consent. I have been really trying to be a good team player. Besides, I have been always acting under assumption that there may be things I just do not understand. If I could see a test case, I guess I would be able to figure things out Many thanks Ole --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
