Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #5033: Property Tree JSON Parser cannot handle utf-8 string correctly.

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #5033: Property Tree JSON Parser cannot handle utf-8 string correctly.
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2011-11-20 00:24:05

#5033: Property Tree JSON Parser cannot handle utf-8 string correctly.
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  Reporter:  Lorin Liu <liu.lorin@…>          |       Owner:  cornedbee    
      Type:  Bugs                             |      Status:  new          
 Milestone:  To Be Determined                 |   Component:  property_tree
   Version:  Boost 1.45.0                     |    Severity:  Problem      
Resolution:                                   |    Keywords:               
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Comment (by rshhh <ryushiro.sugehara@…>):

 I think the approach taken in the patch is not correct. \\
 Since a single byte of UTF-8 string could take a value larger than the
 maximum that '''''signed char''''' could take(0x7F), I think that certain
 characters may overflow a '''''Ch''''' (or just '''''char''''') object. \\
 I'm guessing that the issue I just wrote is exactly the reason why the
 original code is taking std::min() approach, am I correct? So if my
 opinion is right, I think we should store the UTF-8 character in a
 '''''unsigned char'''''  sequence...

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/5033#comment:2>
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