Re: utf-8 cut/paste

[Stefan Monnier]

>> cp1252 could have been implemented as another charset rather than being
>> mapped to a mix of 8859-1 and unicode chars.

> If we did that, it would make the unfortunate situation, whereby there
> are multiple charsets that cover the same characters, even worse.

Isn't it exactly what happened with 8859-15 ?
I never claimed it was desirable.

> Repeat after me: "multiple character sets covering the same characters
> are BAD."

You're just saying that unicode is good.
The only point I originally tried to make is that it's better to avoid
talking about Mule charsets if possible.


        Stefan