Re: character encoding assumptions and approaches

Pieter Van Lierop wrote:

> 2. The new option bit should apply, and necessarily will apply, not only to
> search term, but to all fields defined as InternationalString, ....

Then what use is it?

We don't need an option bit for the search term. If that's all it's for then I'm
not in favor of it; we should go back to defining an encoding attribute.