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doc: cross-link util.TextDecoder and intl.md #14486

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23 changes: 13 additions & 10 deletions doc/api/intl.md
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Expand Up @@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ programs. Some of them are:
- The [WHATWG URL parser][]'s [internationalized domain names][] (IDNs) support
- [`require('buffer').transcode()`][]
- More accurate [REPL][] line editing
- [`require('util').TextDecoder`][]

Node.js (and its underlying V8 engine) uses [ICU][] to implement these features
in native C/C++ code. However, some of them require a very large ICU data file
Expand Down Expand Up @@ -51,6 +52,7 @@ option:
| [WHATWG URL Parser][] | partial (no IDN support) | full | full | full
| [`require('buffer').transcode()`][] | none (function does not exist) | full | full | full
| [REPL][] | partial (inaccurate line editing) | full | full | full
| [`require('util').TextDecoder`][] | none (class does not exist) | partial/full (depends on OS) | partial (Unicode-only) | full

*Note*: The "(not locale-aware)" designation denotes that the function carries
out its operation just like the non-`Locale` version of the function, if one
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- [Test262][]: ECMAScript's official conformance test suite includes a section
dedicated to ECMA-402.

[btest402]: https://github.com/srl295/btest402
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I like the original order better, which does not take into account capitalization and any special characters when sorting...

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It seems this is the dominating style in the docs after #12726

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Okay…

[BUILDING.md]: https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/BUILDING.md
[BUILDING.md#full-icu]: https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/BUILDING.md#build-with-full-icu-support-all-locales-supported-by-icu
[`Date.prototype.toLocaleString()`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/toLocaleString
[ECMA-262]: https://tc39.github.io/ecma262/
[ECMA-402]: https://tc39.github.io/ecma402/
[full-icu]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/full-icu
[ICU]: http://icu-project.org/
["ICU Data"]: http://userguide.icu-project.org/icudata
[`--icu-data-dir`]: cli.html#cli_icu_data_dir_file
[internationalized domain names]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_domain_name
[`Date.prototype.toLocaleString()`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Date/toLocaleString
[`Intl`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Intl
[`Intl.DateTimeFormat`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/DateTimeFormat
[`NODE_ICU_DATA`]: cli.html#cli_node_icu_data_file
[`Number.prototype.toLocaleString()`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Number/toLocaleString
[REPL]: repl.html#repl_repl
[`require('buffer').transcode()`]: buffer.html#buffer_buffer_transcode_source_fromenc_toenc
[`require('util').TextDecoder`]: util.html#util_class_util_textdecoder
[`String.prototype.localeCompare()`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/localeCompare
[`String.prototype.normalize()`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/normalize
[`String.prototype.toLowerCase()`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/toLowerCase
[`String.prototype.toUpperCase()`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/String/toUpperCase
[BUILDING.md]: https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/BUILDING.md
[BUILDING.md#full-icu]: https://github.com/nodejs/node/blob/master/BUILDING.md#build-with-full-icu-support-all-locales-supported-by-icu
[ECMA-262]: https://tc39.github.io/ecma262/
[ECMA-402]: https://tc39.github.io/ecma402/
[ICU]: http://icu-project.org/
[REPL]: repl.html#repl_repl
[Test262]: https://github.com/tc39/test262/tree/master/test/intl402
[WHATWG URL parser]: url.html#url_the_whatwg_url_api
[btest402]: https://github.com/srl295/btest402
[full-icu]: https://www.npmjs.com/package/full-icu
[internationalized domain names]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internationalized_domain_name
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Expand Up @@ -560,7 +560,8 @@ string += decoder.decode(); // end-of-stream
Per the [WHATWG Encoding Standard][], the encodings supported by the
`TextDecoder` API are outlined in the tables below. For each encoding,
one or more aliases may be used. Support for some encodings is enabled
only when Node.js is using the full ICU data.
only when Node.js is using the full ICU data (see [Internationalization][]).
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Explicitly say util.TextDecoder is undefined when ICU is not enabled during build.

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Done. Correct me re place or wording if this is needed.

`util.TextDecoder` is `undefined` when ICU is not enabled during build.

##### Encodings Supported By Default

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Deprecated predecessor of `console.log`.

[`'uncaughtException'`]: process.html#process_event_uncaughtexception
[`Array.isArray`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Array/isArray
[`Buffer.isBuffer()`]: buffer.html#buffer_class_method_buffer_isbuffer_obj
[`Error`]: errors.html#errors_class_error
[`Object.assign()`]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/assign
[`console.error()`]: console.html#console_console_error_data_args
[`console.log()`]: console.html#console_console_log_data_args
[`'uncaughtException'`]: process.html#process_event_uncaughtexception
[`util.inspect()`]: #util_util_inspect_object_options
[`util.promisify()`]: #util_util_promisify_original
[Custom inspection functions on Objects]: #util_custom_inspection_functions_on_objects
[Customizing `util.inspect` colors]: #util_customizing_util_inspect_colors
[Custom promisified functions]: #util_custom_promisified_functions
[Customizing `util.inspect` colors]: #util_customizing_util_inspect_colors
[Internationalization]: intl.html
[WHATWG Encoding Standard]: https://encoding.spec.whatwg.org/
[constructor]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en/JavaScript/Reference/Global_Objects/Object/constructor
[semantically incompatible]: https://github.com/nodejs/node/issues/4179
[WHATWG Encoding Standard]: https://encoding.spec.whatwg.org/