Re: [spirit] get_script method

On 5/7/2012 9:05 AM, Joel de Guzman wrote:
> On 5/5/2012 2:39 PM, Keshav Krity wrote:
>> I am trying to get the script name for a given Unicode value. This is the method I am
>> calling.
>>
>> http://www.boost.org/doc/libs/1_49_0/boost/spirit/home/support/char_encoding/unicode/query.hpp
>>
>>  inline properties::script get_script(::boost::uint32_t ch) { return
>> static_cast<properties::script>(detail::script_lookup(ch) & 0x3F); }
> 
> [..]
> 
>> This api is not returning "common" script for characters such as space. The reason
>> being the & operation with 0x3F. It restricts the return value to the range 0-63. Thus
>> the values in the enum "script" greater that 63 will never be returned.
>>
>> I fail to understand the logic behind this. Can somebody please explain the behavior,
>> why the values are being restricted to top 64 only?
> 
> Looks like a bug indeed. Unicode support has not been fully tested.
> Would you care to provide some tests for them?

This is fixed in Boost trunk, FWIW. I'd still welcome some tests if you
care to provide some.

Regards,
-- 
Joel de Guzman
http://www.boostpro.com
http://boost-spirit.com




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