Couple more thoughts about iconv,
(1) The 'embedded nul' error is thrown by mkCharLenCE, after the real
conversion is complete. The converted string exists in memory, though
not in a form that R can currently represent as a STRSXP. Hence the
error when passed to mkCharLenCE.
(2) The patch I subm
R community,
As you may know, R's iconv doesn't work well converting to and from
encodings that allow embedded nulls. For example
> iconv("foo", to="UTF-16")
Error in iconv("foo", to = "UTF-16") :
embedded nul in string: '\xff\xfef\0o\0o\0'
However, I don't believe embedded nulls are at issue
