kUnicodeLooseMappingsMask

Declaration

kUnicodeLooseMappingsMask = 1L << kUnicodeLooseMappingsBit

Discussion

A mask that determines whether the Unicode Converter should use the loose-mapping portion of a mapping table for character mapping if the strict mapping portion of the table does not include a destination encoding equivalent for the source text element.

If you clear this flag, the converter will use only the strict equivalence portion.

If set this flag and a conversion for the source text element does not exist in the strict equivalence portion of the mapping table, then the converter uses the loose mapping section.