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Re: Possible changes for XML 2nd Edition

• From: John Cowan <jcowan@r...>
• To: pandeng@t...
• Date: Wed, 24 May 2000 18:45:31 -0400

Steve Schafer wrote:

> Do there really exist library functions that purportedly read UTF-8
> yet accept FF on input? If so, what do they convert it to?

The Plan 9 UTF-8 routines generate U+0080 whenever UTF-gibberish is seen.
Granted, Plan 9 is not a commercial OS, but other such systems may exist. 

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