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- Subject: Re: Changes in the validation of UTF-8
- From: Andrew Gierth <andrew@...>
- Date: Sun, 17 Mar 2019 07:03:09 +0000
>>>>> "Dirk" == Dirk Laurie <dirk.laurie@gmail.com> writes:
>> I noticed the new commit that adds support for longer (deprecated in
>> 2003) utf8 sequences:
>> https://github.com/lua/lua/commit/1e0c73d5b643707335b06abd2546a83d9439d14c
>>
>> I'm curious why this changed? It seems like a backwards step to me.
Dirk> It seems to be in line with Lua's philosophy of providing
Dirk> capability, not policy.
When you're validating against an externally defined interchange
standard, then accepting data that the actual standard explicitly
rejects IS a lack of capability.
--
Andrew.
