type cp850string=ansistring(CP_850);
utf8string=ansistring(CP_UTF8);
Why not use the current locale for this ? Would that be just ANSIString ?
a:=b; {Compiler knows conversion to perform at compile time.
I suppose the conversion function is provided with the locale and this
it as well could use the current one.
I agree. However, FPC may still decide to do some things dynamic to
prevent a blowup of rtl size.
Maybe this really is an even better concept (when done in a way that it
provides fast and small code for "embedded" projects).
If course it would be good to allow the user to write his code in a way
that as little conversions as possible are necessary (e.g everywhere use
the API coding of the OS he compiles for, or use especially fast UCS2
WideStrings for analyzing, building his Unicode information.
-Michael
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