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bug#13947: bug report for core-utils command : OD
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Eric Blake |
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bug#13947: bug report for core-utils command : OD |
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Wed, 27 Mar 2013 12:44:08 -0600 |
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On 03/27/2013 12:39 PM, Mark JAEGER wrote:
> Hello Eric,
>
> The terms "single-byte character" and "single-byte
> printable character" do not sound precise to me.
They are precise - they are characters in the encoding determined by the
current setting of LC_CTYPE.
>
> A byte is just a byte. It is NOT a character.
> I.e., it is an octet, or an 8-bit quantity.
>
> It CAN be interpreted as a character, but only in
> the context of a particular ENCODING.
Yes, but the ENCODING is always known, thanks to the rules on LC_* and
locale handling.
>
> The help text as it stands now IS precise in talking
> about ASCII, which IS a particular encoding.
>
> Please don't use the term "single-byte ... character"
> without being precise about what encoding it uses.
The encoding is whatever encoding you asked for.
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Eric Blake eblake redhat com +1-919-301-3266
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