Glenn Linderman wrote:
My understanding of the Posix file names is that any byte values are
valid except "/" and null. Is this a correct understanding?
The UTF-8b proposal seems to translate from a non-UTF-8 byte stream to a
Unicode character stream. Call the original byte stream FOO. The
Terry Reedy writes:
> If FOOTR is using PUA chars, then I believe that users should not
> be providing such a stream as it would have no defined meaning
> coming from them.
But that's precisely what "private use" means: the users provide their
own definitions! The Unicode standard provides th
Glenn Linderman writes:
> Define a conforming process.
For present purposes, one that promises not to emit invalid Unicode
strings as Unicode.
> If it is one that handles Unicode with full validation, all is
> wonderful, except on platforms that permit non-validated Unicode names
> or non-
