Function isLegalUTF8

ext/src/llvm/ConvertUTF.cpp:381–404

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static Boolean isLegalUTF8(const UTF8 *source, int length) {
    UTF8 a;
    const UTF8 *srcptr = source+length;
    switch (length) {
    default: return false;
        /* Everything else falls through when "true"... */
    case 4: if ((a = (*--srcptr)) < 0x80 || a > 0xBF) return false;
    case 3: if ((a = (*--srcptr)) < 0x80 || a > 0xBF) return false;
    case 2: if ((a = (*--srcptr)) < 0x80 || a > 0xBF) return false;

        switch (*source) {
            /* no fall-through in this inner switch */
            case 0xE0: if (a < 0xA0) return false; break;
            case 0xED: if (a > 0x9F) return false; break;
            case 0xF0: if (a < 0x90) return false; break;
            case 0xF4: if (a > 0x8F) return false; break;
            default:   if (a < 0x80) return false;
        }

    case 1: if (*source >= 0x80 && *source < 0xC2) return false;
    }
    if (*source > 0xF4) return false;
    return true;
}

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