Feedback on the proposal to change U+FFFD generation when decoding ill-formed UTF-8

[Doug Ewell via Unicode]

Henri Sivonen wrote:

> I find it shocking that the Unicode Consortium would change a
> widely-implemented part of the standard (regardless of whether Unicode
> itself officially designates it as a requirement or suggestion) on
> such flimsy grounds.
>
> I'd like to register my feedback that I believe changing the best
> practices is wrong.

Perhaps surprisingly, it's already too late. UTC approved this change
the day after the proposal was written.

http://www.unicode.org/L2/L2017/17103.htm#151-C19
 
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