[spec] IRIs, IDNs, and all that international jazz

[Petite Abeille]

> On Dec 23, 2020, at 01:41, bie <bie at 202x.moe> wrote:
> 
> My "threshold" for complexity is "can I write a conforming, relatively
> strict and safe server only relying on the OpenBSD base system". It's
> kind of arbitrary, sure, but what isn't.

Fair enough. But what's the showstopper really?

Not sure what the "base system" contains, nor the level at which you interact with it, but it lists Perl as one of its component. Which could handle IRIs*.

But if strict ASCII is all what "OpenBSD base system" can do, ever, then so be it. 

On the other hand, one can always, you know, write such IRI parser on their own. It has been done before. There must be a C compiler somewhere in that base system, no?

* https://metacpan.org/pod/IRI