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Re: latin1 and cp1252 inconsistent?

From Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com>
Subject Re: latin1 and cp1252 inconsistent?
Date 2012-11-18 01:48 -0500
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On Fri, 16 Nov 2012 15:27:54 -0800 (PST), buck@yelp.com declaimed the
following in gmane.comp.python.general:

> On Friday, November 16, 2012 2:34:32 PM UTC-8, Ian wrote:
> > On Fri, Nov 16, 2012 at 2:44 PM,  <buck> wrote:
> > 
> > > Latin1 has a block of 32 undefined characters.
> > 
> > 
> > These characters are not undefined.  0x80-0x9f are the C1 control
> > codes in Latin-1, much as 0x00-0x1f are the C0 control codes, and
> > their Unicode mappings are well defined.
> 
> They are indeed undefined: ftp://std.dkuug.dk/JTC1/sc2/wg3/docs/n411.pdf
> 
> """ The shaded positions in the code table correspond
>     to bit combinations that do not represent graphic
>     characters. Their use is outside the scope of
>     ISO/IEC 8859; it is specified in other International
>     Standards, for example ISO/IEC 6429.
> 
	This quote only states that those position do not represent
displayable glyphs, and indicates the 8859 is only concerned with
codings for display. It does NOT say they are "undefined".
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	Wulfraed                 Dennis Lee Bieber         AF6VN
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latin1 and cp1252 inconsistent? buck@yelp.com - 2012-11-16 13:44 -0800
  Re: latin1 and cp1252 inconsistent? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-11-16 15:33 -0700
    Re: latin1 and cp1252 inconsistent? buck@yelp.com - 2012-11-16 15:27 -0800
      Re: latin1 and cp1252 inconsistent? Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-11-16 19:05 -0500
      Re: latin1 and cp1252 inconsistent? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-11-16 17:20 -0700
      Re: latin1 and cp1252 inconsistent? Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-11-18 01:48 -0500
    Re: latin1 and cp1252 inconsistent? buck@yelp.com - 2012-11-16 15:27 -0800
  Re: latin1 and cp1252 inconsistent? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2012-11-17 00:33 +0000
    Re: latin1 and cp1252 inconsistent? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-11-16 18:08 -0700
    Re: latin1 and cp1252 inconsistent? buck@yelp.com - 2012-11-17 08:56 -0800
      Re: latin1 and cp1252 inconsistent? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-11-17 11:08 -0700
      Re: latin1 and cp1252 inconsistent? Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-11-17 11:13 -0700
      Re: latin1 and cp1252 inconsistent? Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2012-11-17 19:15 +0000

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