[vwnc] dateAndTimePolicy could cause Unicode related problem

> Hi,
>
> When I try to connect to server using TypelessIRC found in VWNC 7.7 an
> error occur on Chinese locale windows xp.
> The problem is shown as following where aCharacter is a Chinese
> character '年' for 'year':
>
> noEncodingFor: aCharacter in: aStream
> (UnsupportedCharacterError new)
> messageText: (#errNoCharacter << #dialogs >> 'No character available')
> asString , ' for character value '
> , aCharacter asInteger printString;
> parameter: aCharacter;
> raiseSignal.
> ^Character illegalCode asCharacter
>
> and this comes from a message asking Timestamp now printString while
> in Timestamp:
>
> printOn: stream
> "Format a respresentation of the receiver."
>
> stream policy dateAndTimePolicy print: self on: stream
>
> here is the problem. I believe this could cause trouble in alike
> situations but I don't know a way to avoid those potential troubles.
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Jim G
>
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> Hi,
>
> When I try to connect to server using TypelessIRC found in VWNC 7.7 an
> error occur on Chinese locale windows xp.
> The problem is shown as following where aCharacter is a Chinese
> character '年' for 'year':
>
> noEncodingFor: aCharacter in: aStream
> (UnsupportedCharacterError new)
> messageText: (#errNoCharacter << #dialogs >> 'No character available')
> asString , ' for character value '
> , aCharacter asInteger printString;
> parameter: aCharacter;
> raiseSignal.
> ^Character illegalCode asCharacter
>
> and this comes from a message asking Timestamp now printString while
> in Timestamp:
>
> printOn: stream
> "Format a respresentation of the receiver."
>
> stream policy dateAndTimePolicy print: self on: stream
>
> here is the problem. I believe this could cause trouble in alike
> situations but I don't know a way to avoid those potential troubles.
>
>
>
> Best Regards,
>
> Jim G
>
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> I wouldn't think so. That error indicates that it's trying to put a
> character into a stream that can't support it. I would expect that typeless
> either needs to use a different encoding for the stream, or needs to escape
> the character somehow, depending on how the protocol works.
>
> At 10:25 AM 2010-01-21, Boris Popov, DeepCove Labs \(YVR\) wrote:
>
> James, I think he was pointing out an issue not directly related to
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> mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of James Robertson Sent: 21
> January 2010 15:18 To: VW NC Subject: Re: [vwnc] dateAndTimePolicy could
> cause Unicode related problem Typeless is a contributed piece, and hasn't
> really been worked on in about 2 years... James Robertson Cincom Smalltalk
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> and Carry a Big Class Library On Jan 21, 2010, at 8:20 AM, J G wrote: > Hi,
>> > When I try to connect to server using TypelessIRC found in VWNC 7.7 an >
> error occur on Chinese locale windows xp. > The problem is shown as
> following where aCharacter is a Chinese > character 'å¹´' for 'year': > >
> noEncodingFor: aCharacter in: aStream >          (UnsupportedCharacterError
> new) >                messageText: (#errNoCharacter << #dialogs >> 'No
> character available') >                                            asString
> , ' for character value ' >                                        ,
> aCharacter asInteger printString; >            parameter: aCharacter; >
>                 raiseSignal. >  ^Character illegalCode asCharacter > > and
> this comes from a message asking Timestamp now printString while > in
> Timestamp: > > printOn: stream >       "Format a respresentation of the
> receiver." > >         stream policy dateAndTimePolicy print: self on:
> stream > > here is the problem. I believe this could cause trouble in alike
>> situations but I don't know a way to avoid those potential troubles. > > >
>> Best Regards, > > Jim G > >
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