I18N-ISSUE-453 (BUG27235): Bring back gbk encoder [encoding]

I18N-ISSUE-453 (BUG27235): Bring back gbk encoder [encoding]

http://www.w3.org/International/track/issues/453

Raised by: Richard Ishida
On product: encoding

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=27235

This issue tracks the bug listed above and was created as part of the WG CR process.

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Reporter: annevk@annevk.nl

Firefox ended up not following the plan from bug 16862 comment 18. Its gbk
decoder is identical to its gb18030 decoder, but its gbk encoder per
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=951691 is distinct.

So we should probably bring the gbk encoder back. When fixing this we should
pay attention to the EURO sign and PUA code points. See

  https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=951691#c16
  https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=951691#c19

Having said that, if other browsers meanwhile converged on not having a
distinct gbk encoder, perhaps Firefox should revisit its approach. Input
welcome.

Received on Monday, 30 March 2015 14:41:44 UTC