Re: utf-8-safe replacement for strtr()?

On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:32:42 +0100, Nisse Engström wrote: > On Tue, 24 Mar 2009 08:15:35 -0400, Tom Worster wrote: > >> strtr() with three parameters is certainly unsafe. but my tests are showing >> that it may be ok with two parameters if the strings in the second parameter >> are well formed utf-8. >> >> does anyone know more? can confirm or contradict? > > The two-argument version of strtr() should work fine > since there are no collisions in utf-8 such that part > of one character matches part of a different character. Oops. I meant to write that one complete character does not match any part of any other character. If a string of one or more utf-8 characters match a utf-8 text, it matches exactly those characters in the text. If that makes sense... /Nisse