On Fri, 8 Jun 2007, Robert Marquardt wrote: > Alan Stern schrieb: > > > The current Unicode usage in the kernel is not nearly as simple as you > > seem to think. It includes lots of local assumptions, features that > > aren't documented or commented, special-purpose inline code, and so on. > > Converting it all to use a single centralized library would be an > > immense job. > > It would benefit the kernel though. I see no reason not to do it just > because it is a big job. At least the review where Unicode is handled in > the kernel should be done. Otherwise no real assessment of the job to be > done is possible.
I have already done the review; how else could I have justified the comments above? > > "full handling of Unicode"? You must be kidding. Do you have any idea > > how difficult it is to do something as simple as converting between > > lower- and uppercase? > > If it is required somewhere in the kernel then it has to be implemented. > Yes, i know how hard it is. 100K of tables and 255K of source for a > Pascal implementation i know. That includes a regular expression parser, > but still it is a big chunk of source. > You may not ever see a file name in byzantine musical symbols, but there > is no reason that a full implementation should not handle that. The > trick is to find a way to reduce the size of the lib by selectively > compiling out feature levels. Well, I don't know whether case conversion of Unicode or UTF-8 strings is needed anywhere in the kernel. I don't propose to add routines to handle it in the upcoming library. If you want to add them, you are welcome to do so -- assuming you can avoid provoking loud screams of outrage from people who don't like the idea of adding 355K for a relatively minor job. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
