On Thu, Feb 09, 2017 at 02:30:39PM +0200, Dirk Laurie wrote:
> 2017年02月09日 14:05 GMT+02:00 云风 Cloud Wu <cloudwu@gmail.com>:
>
> > But there is another problem.
> >
> > local s = "\xE4\xBA"
> > assert(utf8.len(s, 1, 2) == utf8.len(s .. "\x91",1,2)) -- failed
>
> Why is this a problem? It should fail. s is not a valid UTF8 codepoint
> ("\xE4" promises three bytes, but there are only two). When you
> supply the extra byte, there is one valid codepoint. starting between
> charaters 1 and 2.
The manual says:
> Returns the number of UTF-8 characters in string s that **start**
> between positions i and j (both inclusive).
Extra emphasis on **start**. The 3 byte does sequence starts within the
range given.
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Zash
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