Issue 1948:   Clarification requested on GIOP 1.1 and wstring (interop)
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Nature:  Uncategorized Issue
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Summary: Summary: Document interop/98-08-02 states:
 
 For GIOP versions prior to 1.2, interoperability for Wstring is limited
 to the use of two octet fixed length encodings.
 
 Does this mean simply that only fixed length character encodings that
 are use 2 byte characters are allowed for GIOP versions prior to 1.2?
 
 The statement is slightly ambiguous, in that it can be parsed as: "(two
 octet) fixed length encodings" or "two (octet fixed length encodings)".  
 
 

Resolution: Close issue without change
Revised Text: 
Actions taken:
September 14, 1998: received issue
March 8, 1999: closed issue
Discussion: 
No change required.  The earlier marshalling rules for wstring in giop 1.1 were broken, and would only reliably work, given different implementations, with two octet encodings. 

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Date: Mon, 14 Sep 1998 12:22:05 -0700
From: Jonathan Biggar <jon@floorboard.com>
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Subject: Clarification requested on GIOP 1.1 and wstring

Document interop/98-08-02 states:

For GIOP versions prior to 1.2, interoperability for Wstring is
limited
to the use of two octet fixed length encodings.

Does this mean simply that only fixed length character encodings that
are use 2 byte characters are allowed for GIOP versions prior to 1.2?

The statement is slightly ambiguous, in that it can be parsed as:
"(two
octet) fixed length encodings" or "two (octet fixed length
encodings)".  

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Jon Biggar
Floorboard Software
jon@floorboard.com
jon@biggar.org