Yongwei Wu wrote:
> The help on iconv() writes:
>
> When the conversion fails an empty string is returned.
>
> In fact, I have not found a way to make the conversion fail.
>
> When a file containing the following text encoded in cp936 is read in
> Vim as euc-jp, Vim complains "[CONVERSION ERROR in line 1]":
>
> TVアニメ 宙のまにまに EDテーマ「星屑のサラウンド」／CooRie
>
> However, when one tries to get the failure from an iconv call, the
> error is never got:
>
> (:set encoding=utf-8)
> :echo iconv(iconv('TVアニメ 宙のまにまに
> EDテーマ「星屑のサラウンド」／CooRie','utf-8','cp936'),'euc-jp','utf-8')
> TVアニメ 帑のまにまに EDテ??`マ仝佛仄のサラウンド々????CooRie
>
> Any ideas? Is there a bug, or some issues with the help?
>
> This behaviour is reproduced on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux.
>
> If the iconv call returned an empty string, it could be used in a
> plug-in to detect a mistake in guessing the encoding.
I can't reproduce the problem. The example you give appears to be valid
text. You mention it's cp936, but the mail was sent as iso-2022-jp.
Can you attach a file with the text containing the illegal byte
sequence?
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