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Re: mbstrings


Per Bothner <bothner@cygnus.com> writes:

> > ISO 10646 had a code HOP which could be used to select a default
> > value (i.e. a state) for the higher order bits.
> 
> Since 10646 is not a byte-stream protocol, that does not make sense.
> Are you sure you're not thinking of an older standard, such as ISO 2022?

OK, I've finally got hold of a copy of Unicode 2.0.

I see in there that there is no HOP code, so I asked a knowledgeable
person here at KTH what I was talking about.  He said that the HOP
code was part of 10646 before the "fusion" with Unicode.

/mdj