> Tatsuo Ishii <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I would like to propose adding new character set "JIS X
> > 0213"(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JIS_X_0213).
> > ...
> > Note that since encoding schema of EUC_JIS_2004 is exactly identical
> > to EUC_JP, we can reuse existing encoding routines defined in
> > utls/mb/*.c.
>
> I'm confused. If this is exactly the same as EUC_JP, why do we need
> any new code at all? Why not just a documentation addition saying
> they are the same thing? Or maybe rename EUC_JP to reflect the new
> standard number (we've certainly renamed encodings before).
I said *encoding schema" is same, not the contents (character set) is
same. In another word, characters included in EUC_JP are not same as
EUC_JIS_2004.
Also, EUC_JIS_2004 is *not* the super set of EUC_JP. So we need to let
EUC_JP and EUC_JIS_2004 coexist.
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Tatsuo Ishii
SRA OSS, Inc. Japan
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