On Wed, 13 Jun 2012 13:50:17 -0500, McKown, John wrote: >I __think__ I understand what IBM is saying. You must differentiate between a >"hex value" (0x00..0xFF) and a "code point" (a subset of "hex values"). Not >every "hex value" is a "code point" in every CCSID. I.e. a single byte CCSID >may have less than 256 "code points", or a double byte CCSID may have less >than 65336 "code points"... > In that case, a conscientious utility _ought_ to indicate an error on encountering an octet which is not a "code point" rather than mapping it to some arbitrary value.
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