[Tcl-bugs] [Bug #119210] fcopy does not respect encodings

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Bug #119210, was updated on 2000-Oct-25 22:03
Here is a current snapshot of the bug.

Project: Tcl
Category: Channel Commands
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Bug Group: 8.2.2
Priority: 6
Submitted by: nobody
Assigned to : nobody
Summary: fcopy does not respect encodings

Details: OriginalBugID: 3662 Bug
Version: 8.2.2
SubmitDate: '1999-11-23'
LastModified: '1999-12-07'
Severity: SER
Status: Assigned
Submitter: techsupp
ChangedBy: hobbs
OS: All
FixedDate: '2000-10-25'
ClosedDate: '1999-12-06'


Name:
Nikolai Saoukh

set out [open k.txt w]
fconfigure $out -encoding koi8-r
puts $out "\u0410\u0410"
close $out

set in [open k.txt r]
fconfigure $in -encoding koi8-r

set out [open u.txt w]
fconfigure $out -encoding utf-8

fcopy $in $out

close $in
close $out


It's not certain whether this is an RFE or bug, as the fcopy
man page states that it only pays heed to the -translation
option, not to -encoding.  This could be a bug, since -encoding
came after fcopy was originally written.  The work-around is to
replace the above fcopy with:
    puts $out [read $in]
although there is no callback capability then. 
-- 12/07/1999 hobbs

Follow-Ups:

Date: 2000-Nov-17 04:08
By: andreas_kupries

Comment:
I consider it as bug, an incomplete adaption of the existing commands to
the new i18n features, i.e. encodings. Recategorized to OtherIO as this
problem is not restricted to sockets.
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