Re: [idn] UTF-8 / RACE

[Adonis El Fakih <adonis@ayna.com>]

Hi James,

Using utf-8 from the system point of view is the same as using cp1256.  They are both 8bit encoding schemes, and most applications people use to publish on the net, use unicode in the backend.

So I am assuming this is what sherine is refering to.  It is easier to convert applications using 8bit encoding to use utf8 than doing RACE.  While RACE will be good for 7bit encoding applications.  

I have succeffuly converted some apps we use localy to work with utf8 and we had to account for the double bytes compared to one when working with cp1256 or iso88596, and it was not a lot of work. I actually did this about two years ago.

best regards
Adonis




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