How does it matter if a character is 8 bit or 16 bit or 32 bit
Well, I am reading Programing Windows with MFC, and I came across Unicode and ASCII code characters. I understood the point of using Unicode over ASCII, but what I do not get is how and why is it important to use 8bit/16bit/32bit character? What good does it do to the system? How does the processing of the operating system differ for different bits of character.
How relevant is UTF-7 when it comes to parsing emails?
I recently implemented incoming emails for an application and boy, did I open the gates of hell? Since then every other day an email arrives that makes the app fail in a different way.
Is the use of “utf8=✓” preferable to “utf8=true”?
I have recently seen a few URIs containing the query parameter “utf8=✓”. My first impression (after thinking “mmm, looks cool”) was that this could be used to detect a broken character encoding.
Is the carriage-return char considered obsolete
I wrote an open source library that parses structured data but intentionally left out carriage-return detection because I don’t see the point. It adds additional complexity and overhead for little/no benefit.
How to detect the encoding of a file?
On my filesystem (Windows 7) I have some text files (These are SQL script files, if that matters).
Is path in Set-Cookie URL encoded?
I’m writing some code that sets cookies and I’m wondering about the exact semantics of the Set-Cookie header. Imagine the following HTTP header line:
Encoding to ASCII where original encoding of string is not known
Given that we do not know the encoding of a string what is the best way to make sure that it is transformed to say ASCII? Also in such situations we are willing to accept potential loss of data.
What encoding is used by javax.xml.transform.Transformer? [closed]
Closed 10 years ago.
What encoding is used by javax.xml.transform.Transformer? [closed]
Closed 10 years ago.
What encoding is used by javax.xml.transform.Transformer? [closed]
Closed 10 years ago.