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Re: wchar_t and C Library

On Sep 29, 2005, at 12:31 PM, Mike Kluev wrote: 
Thanks, I didn't know that. I admit, I read my copy of Unicode
Demystified only briefly and statements like "Unicode was originally
designed for a 16-bit encoding space, ... Thus the original Unicode
encoding space had room for 65,536 characters, ..." ("characters"!)
was the source of my confusion.

"Character" has multiple meanings in Unicode. From the Unicode glossary (http://www.unicode.org/glossary/index.html):

Character. (1) The smallest component of written language that has semantic value; refers to the abstract meaning and/or shape, rather than a specific shape (see also glyph), though in code tables some form of visual representation is essential for the reader’s understanding. (2) Synonym for abstract character. (3) The basic unit of encoding for the Unicode character encoding. (4) The English name for the ideographic written elements of Chinese origin. (See ideograph (2).)
Meaning (3) is a synonym for "code point"; meaning (1) is a synonym for "end user character".

Deborah Goldsmith
Internationalization, Unicode liaison
Apple Computer, Inc.
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