[GHC] #7853: UTF encodings do not detect overlong forms
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#7853: UTF encodings do not detect overlong forms
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Reporter: batterseapower | Owner:
Type: bug | Status: new
Priority: normal | Component: libraries/base
Version: 7.6.3 | Keywords:
Os: Unknown/Multiple | Architecture: Unknown/Multiple
Failure: Incorrect result at runtime | Blockedby:
Blocking: | Related:
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Comment(by batterseapower):
Addendum: luckily GHC already detects overlong 3/4 byte forms. It merely
lacks the check for 2-byte forms. I have a marvelous patch on a private
branch that remedies this flaw, but alas this margin is too small to
contain it.
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/ghc/ticket/7853#comment:1>
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