# Converting {add,strip}cslashes to Unicode

- Thread: https://externals.io/message/19723
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- Started by Rolland Santimano on 2005-10-25T19:16:38+00:00
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## #19723 — Rolland Santimano — 2005-10-25T19:16:38+00:00

URL: https://externals.io/message/19723#19723

Resending, any update on the foll ?

TIA,
Rolland

> Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2005 05:00:28 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Rolland Santimano <rollandsantimano@yahoo.com>
> 
> > […]
> 
> Escaping chars/codepts with values > 126 is a pblm in Unicode
> strings. Using the 3-digit octal escape sequence, only the first
> 0x1FF codepts will be escaped.
> 
> One soln is to only escape values < 32 with the 3-digit octal
> sequence. Or use hex sequences for escaping everything.
> 
> Thoughts ?