This subdirectory contains a general character-set conversion library, used in the Unix port of PuTTY, and available for use in other ports if it should happen to be useful. I intend to use this same library in other programs at some future date. It is therefore a _strong_ design goal that this library should remain perfectly general, and not tied to particulars of PuTTY. It must not reference any code outside its own subdirectory; it should not have PuTTY-specific helper routines added to it unless they can be documented in a general manner which might make them useful in other circumstances as well.