On 07/20/12 06:18 AM, Cedric Blancher wrote:
> On 20 July 2012 11:02, ольга крыжановская <olga.kryzhanov...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Can any one say why the following iconv fails in GB18030 and prints 2
>> '?' of the unicode character U+1F000?
>>
>> printf '\xf0\x9f\x80\x80' | iconv -f 'UTF-8' -t GB18030 | iconv -f GB18030
>> ??
>>
>> My understanding is that GB18030 supports all Unicode characters with
>> a GBK-like encoding, right?
>
> Right. My understanding is that GB18030 is slightly broken (iconv
> isn't the only part, the whole Tibetan glyphs come up as ? as well)
> and Sun^WORACLE doesn't care. I think a well-tuned email to the PRC
> ministry of commerce [english.mofcom.gov.cn] will be the only way to
> get that fixed
A customer with a support contract filing an escalation is usually the
easiest way to get a fix and doesn't rely on making vague threats or
trying to involve bureaucrats in other governments.
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-Alan Coopersmith- alan.coopersm...@oracle.com
Oracle Solaris Engineering - http://blogs.oracle.com/alanc
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