From a0e4d1eb45ac318c34405754100dd63a89db6450 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "A. Jiang" <de34@live.cn>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:40:00 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] [fs.req] Replace "encoded character type" with "character
 type"

---
 source/iostreams.tex | 11 +++--------
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/iostreams.tex b/source/iostreams.tex
index d5d867ad11..ff9d3bd849 100644
--- a/source/iostreams.tex
+++ b/source/iostreams.tex
@@ -13251,24 +13251,19 @@
 
 \rSec2[fs.req]{Requirements}
 
-\pnum
-Throughout subclause~\ref{filesystems}, \tcode{char}, \keyword{wchar_t}, \keyword{char8_t},
-\keyword{char16_t}, and \keyword{char32_t} are collectively called
-\defnx{encoded character types}{encoded character type}.
-
 \pnum
 Functions with template parameters named \tcode{EcharT}
 shall not participate in overload resolution
-unless \tcode{EcharT} is one of the encoded character types.
+unless \tcode{EcharT} is a character type\iref{basic.fundamental}.
 
 \pnum
 Template parameters named \tcode{InputIterator} shall meet the
 \oldconcept{InputIterator} requirements\iref{input.iterators} and shall
-have a value type that is one of the encoded character types.
+have a value type that is a character type.
 
 \pnum
 \begin{note}
-Use of an encoded character type implies an associated
+Use of a character type implies an associated
 character set and encoding.
 Since \tcode{signed char} and \tcode{unsigned char} have no
 implied character set and encoding,

From 01f18b74eed3ed23cb742f5e596bf09391ed7956 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "A. Jiang" <de34@live.cn>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:41:41 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] [fs.class.path.general] Replace "encoded character type"
 with  "character type"

---
 source/iostreams.tex | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/source/iostreams.tex b/source/iostreams.tex
index ff9d3bd849..fc4ae8743a 100644
--- a/source/iostreams.tex
+++ b/source/iostreams.tex
@@ -13782,7 +13782,7 @@
 \indexlibrarymember{value_type}{path}%
 \pnum
 \tcode{value_type} is a \keyword{typedef} for the
-operating system dependent encoded character type used to represent pathnames.
+operating system dependent character type\iref{basic.fundamental} used to represent pathnames.
 
 \indexlibrarymember{preferred_separator}{path}%
 \pnum

From 13645790f66b26d10ad0534ae7e8972f7b6a2ec5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "A. Jiang" <de34@live.cn>
Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2025 19:42:12 +0800
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] [fs.path.req] Replace "encoded character type" with
 "character type"

---
 source/iostreams.tex | 6 +++---
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/source/iostreams.tex b/source/iostreams.tex
index fc4ae8743a..4bccf885c5 100644
--- a/source/iostreams.tex
+++ b/source/iostreams.tex
@@ -14092,13 +14092,13 @@
   argument \tcode{const Source\&} \tcode{source} shall have an
   effective range \range{source.begin()}{source.end()}.
 \item A type meeting the \oldconcept{InputIterator} requirements that iterates over an NTCTS\@.
-  The value type shall be an encoded character type. A function argument
+  The value type shall be a character type\iref{basic.fundamental}. A function argument
   \tcode{const Source\&} \tcode{source} shall have an effective range
   \range{source}{end} where \tcode{end} is the first
   iterator value with an element value equal to
   \tcode{iterator_traits<Source>::value_type()}.
 \item A character array that after array-to-pointer decay results in a
-  pointer to the start of an NTCTS\@. The value type shall be an encoded character type. A
+  pointer to the start of an NTCTS\@. The value type shall be a character type. A
   function argument \tcode{const Source\&} \tcode{source} shall
   have an effective range \range{source}{end} where
   \tcode{end} is the first iterator value with an element value equal to
@@ -14116,7 +14116,7 @@
 \tcode{basic_string} or \tcode{basic_string_view}, or
 \item
 the \grammarterm{qualified-id} \tcode{iterator_traits<decay_t<Source>>::value_type} is valid and
-denotes a possibly const encoded character type\iref{temp.deduct}.
+denotes a possibly const character type\iref{temp.deduct}.
 \end{itemize}
 
 \pnum