Re: [bug-gnu-libiconv] gb18030 for 0x215d7

[Bruno Haible]

Hello,

> Found bizarre exceptions in gb18030ext.h
> 
>     else if (wc == 0x20087)
>       c = 0xfe51;
>     else if (wc == 0x20089)
>       c = 0xfe52;
>     else if (wc == 0x200cc)
>       c = 0xfe53;
>     else if (wc == 0x215d7)
>       c = 0xfe6c;
>     else if (wc == 0x2298f)
>       c = 0xfe76;
>     else if (wc == 0x241fe)
>       c = 0xfe91;
> 
> For example:
> According to GB18030-2000/2005:
> 0xFE6C -> U+E831
> 0x9536B937 -> U+215D7

Nope. GB18030-2000 is not relevant any more.
GB18030-2005 maps
  0xFE6C -> U+215D7
  0x9536B937 -> U+215D7

And the code you are looking at does not implement the GB18030 → Unicode
direction, but the opposite direction: Unicode → GB18030:

  U+215D7 -> 0xFE6C
  U+E831 -> 0xFE6C

Bruno