Re: [idn] UTF-8 / RACE

[Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>]

> It is easier to convert applications using 8bit encoding to use utf8 than doing
> RACE. 

How so?  if the application is just doing lookups, it will call an API routine
in either case, passing it a native-format IDN, and the API routine will take care 
of the nameprep and the conversion to and from ACE for the purpose of the lookup.

if the application is also generating IDNs, it has to call nameprep on the
domain in either case.  in the ACE case it also has to convert to ACE.
but both operations can be done in a single API call, the programmer can 
accomplish them with equal ease.

Keith