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Re: iconv_open behaviour on EILSEQ
- From: Paul Eggert <eggert at twinsun dot com>
- To: jshin at mailaps dot org
- Cc: libc-alpha at sources dot redhat dot com
- Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 00:58:54 -0700 (PDT)
- Subject: Re: iconv_open behaviour on EILSEQ
- References: <Pine.LNX.4.44js.0205050037520.974-100000@www.ykga.org>
> Date: Sun, 5 May 2002 00:53:04 -0400 (EDT)
> From: Jungshik Shin <jshin@mailaps.org>
>
> What is it supposed to do when it encounters a *valid*
> byte sequence in the specified source codeset which cannot be converted
> to the specified target codeset.
POSIX 1003.1-2001 says it "shall perform an implementation-defined
conversion on this character."