Re: Proposal: Adding JIS X 0213 support

From: Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>
To: Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Cc: pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org
Subject: Re: Proposal: Adding JIS X 0213 support
Date: 2007-03-22 04:50:20
Message-ID: 25717.1174539020@sss.pgh.pa.us
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Tatsuo Ishii <ishii(at)postgresql(dot)org> writes:
> I would like to propose adding new character set "JIS X
> 0213"(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/JIS_X_0213).
> ...
> Note that since encoding schema of EUC_JIS_2004 is exactly identical
> to EUC_JP, we can reuse existing encoding routines defined in
> utls/mb/*.c.

I'm confused. If this is exactly the same as EUC_JP, why do we need
any new code at all? Why not just a documentation addition saying
they are the same thing? Or maybe rename EUC_JP to reflect the new
standard number (we've certainly renamed encodings before).

regards, tom lane

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