RE: [encoding] problems in Japanese (Re: [TCLCORE] 8.4.2 in code slush ...

[Jeff H. <jeffh@ActiveState.com>]

> There are some problems about Japanese related encodings which is
> discussed on <tcl...@li...>.  Detailed
> description is available (but in Japanese though:-<) at:
> 
> http://lists.sourceforge.jp/pipermail/tcltkjp-develop/2002-Decembe
> r/000028.html
> 
> In short, current (tcl8.4.1) encoding still breaks Japanese Industrial
> Standard(JIS). In other words, it cannot achieve roundtrip on
> {cp932, shiftjis, iso2022-jp, euc-jp} for some valid char of JIS codeset.

I have added this to the core, deferring to your greater knowledge
of the magic of JIS encodings.  The patch passes all existing tests,
as well as the new ones you added (which failed pre-patch).

Please test and verify the current CVS head in your applications (and
ask others on the tcltkjp list to do so for safety).

Thanks,

Jeff