Re: fuzzy_escape function in libsvn_subr is not reversible

"Jendro, Carsten (SAZ-DE)" <CJendro@saz.net> writes:
> I have a problem with svnlook when I use it to print an utf8 log
> message in the console.
>
> Under windows it is not possible to set the output mode to utf8, so
> all text output will be escaped with the fuzzy_escape function located
> in libsvn_subr / utf.c
>
> This pocess is not reversible, because every char >= 128 and 0 will be
> converted to a replacement in a format like "?\000". But the starting
> char of the replacement, the question mark (?) schould be replaced too
> to make it reversible.

I don't understand how this is reversible.

In general, any file or stream might contain a string like "?\000"
(for example, a file containing the email you just sent!).

Escaping the "?" does no good, because anything might contain the
escape sequence too (for example, a mail explaining the escape
sequence!).

In the absence of a well-defined character encoding, reversibility is
not achievable. But that is the situation we are in, when we use
fuzzy_escape.

-Karl

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Received on Thu Nov 8 00:25:27 2007