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Re: Solaris -vs- iconv


>>>>> "Per" == Per Bothner <per@bothner.com> writes:

>> Using something like UTF-8 would mean returning strings and such.

Per> I don't understand this.  Do you mean what the lexer returns as
Per> the value of a character token?

I just mean that a UCS-2 value fits in an int.  It is easy to
manipulate in C.  A UTF-8 encoded character requires buffer
manipulation and is a pain.

Tom


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