>
> Is this what you want?
>
> version (utf16)
> alias wchar tchar;
> else
> alias char tchar;
>
> alias immutable(tchar)[] tstring;
>
> import std.utf;
>
> unittest {
> tstring tstr =
> "hello";
> dstring dstr =
> toUTF32(tstr);
> }
>
Yes, I think something like this but standardized by the language. Also would
be nice to have for interoperability (like I also mentioned in the beginning)
toUTF16, toUTF8, fromUTF16, fromUTF8, fromUTF32, as tchar can be anything. If
it's UTF-16, and you do toUTF16 - it won't do actual conversion, rather use
input string instead. Something like this.
The other point of argument - whether to use this kind of type as the main
character type. My point was that having this kind of type used in dynamic
libraries would be nice since you don't need to provide instances for every
other character type, and at the same time - use native character encoding
available on system. Of course it does not mean, that you should be deprived of
other types. If you need specific type to do something specific, you can always
use it.
