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author | jan.nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sourceforge.net> | 2020-05-24 22:29:07 (GMT) |
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committer | jan.nijtmans <nijtmans@users.sourceforge.net> | 2020-05-24 22:29:07 (GMT) |
commit | 2b1daf9bb29fdba966f86c054d96d564b7539684 (patch) | |
tree | c4b280ca118cf116e1a091789e63044e09ba7df2 /doc/Utf.3 | |
parent | 017257e0ef3f20643166931986ea36eeee97f049 (diff) | |
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Put back "string bytelength", not _that_ important for this TIP.
Document that Tcl_UtfCharComplete() can be used now to protect Tcl_UtfNext()
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/Utf.3')
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
@@ -233,10 +233,10 @@ characters. .PP \fBTcl_UtfCharComplete\fR returns 1 if the source UTF-8 string \fIsrc\fR of \fIlength\fR bytes is long enough to be decoded by -\fBTcl_UtfToUniChar\fR, or 0 otherwise. This function does not guarantee -that the UTF-8 string is properly formed. This routine is used by -procedures that are operating on a byte at a time and need to know if a -full Unicode character has been seen. +\fBTcl_UtfToUniChar\fR/\fBTcl_UtfNext\fR, or 0 otherwise. This function +does not guarantee that the UTF-8 string is properly formed. This routine +is used by procedures that are operating on a byte at a time and need to +know if a full Unicode character has been seen. .PP \fBTcl_NumUtfChars\fR corresponds to \fBstrlen\fR for UTF-8 strings. It returns the number of Tcl_UniChars that are represented by the UTF-8 string @@ -257,7 +257,8 @@ Given \fIsrc\fR, a pointer to some location in a UTF-8 string, \fBTcl_UtfNext\fR returns a pointer to the next UTF-8 character in the string. The caller must not ask for the next character after the last character in the string if the string is not terminated by a null -character. +character. \fBTcl_UtfCharComplete\fR can be used in that case to +make sure enough bytes are available before calling \fBTcl_UtfNext\fR. .PP \fBTcl_UtfPrev\fR is used to step backward through but not beyond the UTF-8 string that begins at \fIstart\fR. If the UTF-8 string is made |