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UTF-8 decoder capability and stress test |
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Markus Kuhn <mkuhn@acm.org> - 1999-11-07 |
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This test text examines, how UTF-8 decoders handle various types of |
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corrupted or otherwise interesting UTF-8 sequences. |
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According to ISO 10646-1, sections R.7 and 2.3c, a device receiving |
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UTF-8 shall interpret a "malformed sequence in the same way that it |
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interprets a character that is outside the adopted subset". This means |
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usually that the malformed UTF-8 sequence is replaced by a replacement |
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character (U+FFFD), which looks a bit like an inverted question mark, |
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or a similar symbol. It might be a good idea to visually distinguish a |
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malformed UTF-8 sequence from a correctly encoded Unicode character |
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that is just not available in the current font but otherwise fully |
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legal. For both cases, a clearly recognisable symbol should be used. |
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Just ignoring malformed sequences or unavailable characters will make |
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debugging more difficult and can lead to user confusion. |
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Test sequences: |
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Check, whether a malformed UTF-8 sequence is (1) represented at all, |
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(2) represented by exactly one replacement character (or equivalent |
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signal), and (3) the following quotation mark after an illegal UTF-8 |
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sequence is correctly displayed, i.e. proper resynchronization takes |
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place. This file says "THE END" in the last line, so if you don't see |
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that, your decoder crashed somehow before, which is also not nice. |
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All lines in this file are exactly 79 characters long (plus the line |
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feed). In addition, all lines end with "|", except for the two test |
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lines 2.1.1 and 2.2.1, which contain non-printable ASCII controls |
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U+0000 and U+007F. If you display this file with a fixed-width font, |
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these "|" characters should all line up in column 79 (right margin). |
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This allows you to test quickly, whether your UTF-8 decoder finds the |
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correct number of characters in every line. |
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Here come the tests: |
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1 Some correct UTF-8 text |
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You should see the Greek word 'kosme': "κόσμε" |
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2 Minimum and maximum valid values for every UTF-8 sequence length |
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You should see a correctly encoded character each time (which is not |
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necessarily an existing character). |
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2.1 First possible sequence of a certain length |
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2.1.1 1 byte (U-00000000): " |