Sascha Seewald writes:

Mathias Gaunard wrote:

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Also, I believe the narrow/wide characters and locales stuff is broken beyond all repair, so I wouldn't recommend to do anything related to that.

I agree on this.

I think a limited scope makes sense as well. I wouldn't attempt to include wide characters, locales or text. If the effort turns out well, it should be possible to build on it later. Brian Wood