Re: [bug-gnu-libiconv] ISO 646

[Bruno Haible]

Hello,

John Briggs wrote:
> Examples:
> address@hidden:/# uname -a
> SunOS sstcifmgt001.ntcif 5.7 Generic_106541-11 sun4u sparc SUNW,Ultra-4
> address@hidden:/# locale -k charmap
> charmap="646"

Yuck, yuck. A mere number. You know that "850" stands for IBM850, "1252"
for "windows-1252", so "646" must stand for ISO646-US. Logical, isn't it, eh?

Libiconv 1.13 will support this encoding name on Solaris, despite it being
stupid. The NEWS entry will say:

  New in 1.13:
  * The library and the iconv program now understand platform dependent aliases,
    for better compatibility with the platform's own iconv_open function.
    Examples: "646" on Solaris, "iso88591" on HP-UX, "IBM-1252" on AIX.

Bruno