Issue 5772: Name mapping rules for non-ASCII characters (java2idl-rtf)
Source:  (Mr. Simon C. Nash, )
Nature: Uncategorized Issue
Severity: 
Summary: Section 1.3.2.4 of the Java to IDL Mapping spec describes name mapping rules
for illegal IDL identifier characters.  The text implies that only non-Latin 1
characters are illegal, but in fact non-ASCII characters are illegal in IDL
identifiers (see section 3.2.3 of the CORBA spec).


Proposed resolution:


In section 1.3.2.4, change "outside of ISO Latin 1" to "outside of ASCII".


Resolution: In section 1.3.2.4, change "outside of ISO Latin 1" to "outside of ASCII".
Revised Text: In section 1.3.2.4, change "outside of ISO Latin 1" to "outside of ASCII".

Actions taken:
November 29, 2002: received issue
July 1, 2003: closed issue
Discussion: 


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Date: Fri, 29 Nov 2002 12:16:53 +0000 
From: Simon Nash <nash@hursley.ibm.com> 
Organization: IBM 
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Subject: Name mapping rules for non-ASCII characters 


Section 1.3.2.4 of the Java to IDL Mapping spec describes name mapping
rules
for illegal IDL identifier characters.  The text implies that only
non-Latin 1
characters are illegal, but in fact non-ASCII characters are illegal
in IDL
identifiers (see section 3.2.3 of the CORBA spec).


Proposed resolution:


In section 1.3.2.4, change "outside of ISO Latin 1" to "outside of
ASCII".


   Simon
-- 
Simon C Nash, Chief Technical Officer, IBM Java Technology
Hursley Park, Winchester, UK   nash@hursley.ibm.com
Tel. +44-1962-815156   Fax +44-1962-818999