DR-09-0070: PML, Presentation: modifyVerifer password length

[Jesper Lund Stocholm]

Hi all,
> -----Original Message-----
> From: MURATA Makoto (FAMILY Given) [mailto:eb2m-mrt at asahi-net.or.jp]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 17, 2009 5:43 AM
> To: e-SC34-WG4 at ecma-international.org
> Subject: Re: DR-09-0070: PML, Presentation: modifyVerifer password
> length
> 
> I support the idea of replacing "255 characters" with "510 bytes".
> Although
> "255 characters" are actually correct, some people will think that a
> surrogate pair is a single character and thus misinterpret
> this sentence.

I agree. The sentence is quite specific in terms of "UTF16LE"-encoding
and using the (layman's) term "characters" is a bit confusing. Using 510
/bytes/ would be in line with the "level" of the rest of the paragraph.

Jesper Lund Stocholm
ciber Danmark A/S