GNU bug report logs - #12192
multibyte: tr: TR operates on bytes, not characters

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Package: coreutils;

Reported by: Michael Stummvoll <michael <at> stummi.org>

Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 13:02:02 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Merged with 9365, 9569, 10880, 13362

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From: Paul Eggert <eggert <at> cs.ucla.edu>
To: Eric Blake <eblake <at> redhat.com>
Cc: 12192 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Michael Stummvoll <michael <at> stummi.org>
Subject: bug#12192: tr - bytes vs characters
Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2012 19:45:54 -0700

On 08/13/2012 06:54 AM, Eric Blake wrote:
> POSIX _does_ require multi-byte support

The last time I checked, POSIX did not require
the implementation to provide any multibyte locales.
Has this changed?

But yes, the main thing is for someone to contribute
correct, easy-to-maintain, and efficient code.
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