From f6e5db9fc4496101727d8ea010d8b85d3b5802b1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Paul Eggert Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2014 13:16:10 -0700 Subject: iso3166.tab will soon switch to UTF-8. * iso3166.tab: Mention planned switch to UTF-8. Update ISO 3166-1 Newsletter from VI-15 to VI-16. * NEWS: Document the above. (cherry picked from commit 5ddc47fe415ad229488c954bcfaaaa09e8fc640b) --- NEWS | 5 +++++ iso3166.tab | 12 ++++++------ 2 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS index d45d83b..6c8a7a6 100644 --- a/NEWS +++ b/NEWS @@ -102,6 +102,11 @@ Unreleased, experimental changes New link Indian/Alfred_Faure for the Crozet Islands and the Scattered Islands. (Thanks to Tobias Conradi and Antoine Leca.) + Changes affecting data format + + The file 'iso3166.tab' is planned to switch from ASCII to UTF-8. + It is still ASCII now, but commentary about the switch has been added. + Changes affecting code 'localtime', 'mktime', etc. now use much less stack space if ALL_STATE diff --git a/iso3166.tab b/iso3166.tab index 38d356d..0b0b842 100644 --- a/iso3166.tab +++ b/iso3166.tab @@ -3,21 +3,21 @@ # This file is in the public domain, so clarified as of # 2009-05-17 by Arthur David Olson. # -# From Paul Eggert (2013-05-27): +# From Paul Eggert (2014-07-18): +# This file contains a table of two-letter country codes. Columns are +# separated by a single tab. Lines beginning with '#' are comments. +# Although all text currently uses ASCII encoding, this is planned to +# change to UTF-8 soon. The columns of the table are as follows: # -# This file contains a table with the following columns: # 1. ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code, current as of -# ISO 3166-1 Newsletter VI-15 (2013-05-10). See: Updates on ISO 3166 +# ISO 3166-1 Newsletter VI-16 (2013-07-11). See: Updates on ISO 3166 # http://www.iso.org/iso/home/standards/country_codes/updates_on_iso_3166.htm # 2. The usual English name for the coded region, # chosen so that alphabetic sorting of subsets produces helpful lists. # This is not the same as the English name in the ISO 3166 tables. # -# Columns are separated by a single tab. # The table is sorted by country code. # -# Lines beginning with '#' are comments. -# # This table is intended as an aid for users, to help them select time # zone data appropriate for their practical needs. It is not intended # to take or endorse any position on legal or territorial claims. -- 1.7.9