Function

Camelhostname_utils_requires_ascii

since: 3.44

Declaration [src]

gboolean
camel_hostname_utils_requires_ascii (
  const gchar* hostname
)

Description [src]

Check whether the hostname requires conversion to ASCII. That can be when a character in it can look like an ASCII character, even it being a Unicode letter. This can be used to display host names in a way of invulnerable to IDN homograph attacks.

Available since: 3.44

Parameters

hostname

Type: const gchar*

A host name.

The data is owned by the caller of the function.

The value is a NUL terminated UTF-8 string.

Return value

Type: gboolean

TRUE, when the hostname should be converted to an ASCII equivalent, FALSE, when it can be shown as is.