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From: Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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Subject: Re: iconv "versions"
Date: Fri, 15 Mar 2024 14:36:41 -0400
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Nuxxie wrote this copyrighted missive and expects royalties:

> On Thu, 14 Mar 2024 16:48:08 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
>
>> Them damn GNU libraries! :-D
>
> Nope.  It's the damn PEBKC problem.

Nah. As I said, it works on the much newer version of iconv provided
by Arch Linux.

> The GNU C Library contains three separate and distinct methods for
> converting multi-byte character sequences:
>
> ISO C90
> ISO C90 Ammendment 1
> Unix XPG2
>
> All three involve "multi-byte external --> wide-char internal --> multi-
> byte external" transformations.
>
> You are obviously fucking up somewhere in this scheme.

Dost thou accuseth me of up-fucking?  :-D

> Since you are using iconv, which falls under Unix XPG2, I suggest
> that you consult the example in section 6.5 of GLIB manual:
>
> https://sourceware.org/glibc/manual/latest/html_node/Generic-Charset-Conversion.html

LC_TYPE does not apply to the situation I described.
Nor do wide-characters.

Of course I will have more work when I run this code on Windows.

In any case, I thank you for your input.

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