---
title: kUnicodeHFSPlusDecompVariant
framework: Core Services
role: symbol
role_heading: Enumeration Case
platforms: [Mac Catalyst 17.0+, macOS 10.2+]
path: coreservices/1399897-encoding_variants_for_unicode/kunicodehfsplusdecompvariant
---

# kUnicodeHFSPlusDecompVariant

Specifies canonical decomposition according to Unicode 3.2 rules, with HFS+ exclusions ("HFS+ decomposition 3.2"). That is, it doesn't decompose in 2000-2FFF, F900-FAFF, 2F800-2FAFF. You can use ths option when converting HFS file names.

## Declaration

```occ
kUnicodeHFSPlusDecompVariant = 8
```