[Bug 28661] New: U+2212 in shift_jis encoder

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=28661

            Bug ID: 28661
           Summary: U+2212 in shift_jis encoder
           Product: WHATWG
           Version: unspecified
          Hardware: PC
                OS: All
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: Encoding
          Assignee: annevk@annevk.nl
          Reporter: tkent@chromium.org
        QA Contact: sideshowbarker+encodingspec@gmail.com
                CC: mike@w3.org, www-international@w3.org

https://encoding.spec.whatwg.org/#shift_jis-encoder

Proposal:  Adding the following step between step 4 and 5 of the shift_jis
encoder:

* If code pint is U+2212, return two bytes; 0x81 and 0x7c.


See crbug.com/425417 .
While we enable Japanese input method, pressing "-" key produces U+2212 on Mac,
and U+FF0D on Windows.  Browsers using ICU mapping converts U+2212 to bytes
same as U+FF0D.  So, we had no issues.  Google Chrome switched to a strict
mapping specified by Encoding API specification, and it caused problems.
"-" is very frequently used in Japanese users because it appears in postal
addresses.

-- 
You are receiving this mail because:
You are on the CC list for the bug.

Received on Wednesday, 20 May 2015 06:11:54 UTC