Re: Runtime converter alias management

There are a couple of bugs to deal with alias management.  Both are 
currently unscheduled.

http://www.jtcsv.com/cgibin/icu-bugs/?findid=2812
http://www.jtcsv.com/cgibin/icu-bugs/?findid=2332

There are no plans to create API that modify mapping data, and it would be 
a bad idea to create such an API.  It's usually a bad idea to manually 
create mutant mapping tables.  We do allow people to download pre-existing 
mapping tables that mimic various platform implementations, and you can 
get them from our Charset repository 
http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/charset/index.html

Personally, I want to make it easier to add converter packs to ICU.  If we 
had converter packs, then you could register/overlay whatever conversion 
behavior ICU currently has and use the registered conversion pack's 
behavior instead.  This also allows an easy way to add mapping tables.

Steven and I have plenty of ideas on this topic, but the lack of time has 
prevented us from implementing them.  If you are offering your help, it 
would be appreciated.

George Rhoten
IBM Globalization Center of Competency/ICU  San Jose, CA, USA




"Zartaj T. Majeed" <[email protected]>
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08/14/2003 12:50 PM

 
        To:     Icu <[email protected]>
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        Subject:        Runtime converter alias management



Are there any plans for APIs to add/remove/replace/register character
set aliases at runtime?
What about APIs to modify mapping data?

Thanks,
Zartaj

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