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Add c_size_t and c_ssize_t to the ctypes summary table.
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1 To generate or modify mapping headers
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3 Mapping headers are imported from CJKCodecs as pre-generated form.
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4 If you need to tweak or add something on it, please look at tools/
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5 subdirectory of CJKCodecs' distribution.
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9 Notes on implmentation characteristics of each codecs
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12 1) Big5 codec
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14 The big5 codec maps the following characters as cp950 does rather
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15 than conforming Unicode.org's that maps to 0xFFFD.
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17 BIG5 Unicode Description
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19 0xA15A 0x2574 SPACING UNDERSCORE
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20 0xA1C3 0xFFE3 SPACING HEAVY OVERSCORE
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21 0xA1C5 0x02CD SPACING HEAVY UNDERSCORE
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22 0xA1FE 0xFF0F LT DIAG UP RIGHT TO LOW LEFT
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23 0xA240 0xFF3C LT DIAG UP LEFT TO LOW RIGHT
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24 0xA2CC 0x5341 HANGZHOU NUMERAL TEN
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25 0xA2CE 0x5345 HANGZHOU NUMERAL THIRTY
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27 Because unicode 0x5341, 0x5345, 0xFF0F, 0xFF3C is mapped to another
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28 big5 codes already, a roundtrip compatibility is not guaranteed for
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29 them.
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32 2) cp932 codec
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34 To conform to Windows's real mapping, cp932 codec maps the following
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35 codepoints in addition of the official cp932 mapping.
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37 CP932 Unicode Description
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39 0x80 0x80 UNDEFINED
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40 0xA0 0xF8F0 UNDEFINED
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41 0xFD 0xF8F1 UNDEFINED
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42 0xFE 0xF8F2 UNDEFINED
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43 0xFF 0xF8F3 UNDEFINED
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46 3) euc-jisx0213 codec
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48 The euc-jisx0213 codec maps JIS X 0213 Plane 1 code 0x2140 into
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49 unicode U+FF3C instead of U+005C as on unicode.org's mapping.
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50 Because euc-jisx0213 has REVERSE SOLIDUS on 0x5c already and A140
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51 is shown as a full width character, mapping to U+FF3C can make
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52 more sense.
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54 The euc-jisx0213 codec is enabled to decode JIS X 0212 codes on
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55 codeset 2. Because JIS X 0212 and JIS X 0213 Plane 2 don't have
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56 overlapped by each other, it doesn't bother standard conformations
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57 (and JIS X 0213 Plane 2 is intended to use so.) On encoding
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58 sessions, the codec will try to encode kanji characters in this
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59 order:
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61 JIS X 0213 Plane 1 -> JIS X 0213 Plane 2 -> JIS X 0212
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64 4) euc-jp codec
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66 The euc-jp codec is a compatibility instance on these points:
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67 - U+FF3C FULLWIDTH REVERSE SOLIDUS is mapped to EUC-JP A1C0 (vice versa)
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68 - U+00A5 YEN SIGN is mapped to EUC-JP 0x5c. (one way)
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69 - U+203E OVERLINE is mapped to EUC-JP 0x7e. (one way)
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72 5) shift-jis codec
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74 The shift-jis codec is mapping 0x20-0x7e area to U+20-U+7E directly
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75 instead of using JIS X 0201 for compatibility. The differences are:
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76 - U+005C REVERSE SOLIDUS is mapped to SHIFT-JIS 0x5c.
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77 - U+007E TILDE is mapped to SHIFT-JIS 0x7e.
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78 - U+FF3C FULL-WIDTH REVERSE SOLIDUS is mapped to SHIFT-JIS 815f.
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