Michael Schnell schrieb:
On 11/26/2014 12:09 PM, Sven Barth wrote:
In Delphi (and FPC) CP_ACP corresponds by default with the current
system codepage (e.g. CP1252 on a German Windows).
OK. So in Delphi XE (in Germany) String(CP_ACP) is the same as
String(CP1252) but different from String without brackets which in turn
is the same as String(CP_UTF16) ? Correct ?
CP_ACP (and CP_NONE) describes a *static* encoding, and has an fixed
value (CP_ACP=0, CP_NONE=$FFFF). The dynamic encoding of strings, kept
in AnsiString(0) or RawByteString variables, must be obtained from the
string itself. When the string is empty, StringCodepage returns
DefaultSystemCodePage (for CP_ACP).
CP_UTF16 is not supported, because AnsiString only supports 1-Byte
character strings (and UTF-8 as the odd one) and not 2-Byte character
strings.
I still don't understand. The wiki article seems to suggest that it is
about a type called "ANSIString" that features a dynamically settable
"code page information". From discussions about Delphi and FPC, I only
know a String type with a dynamically settable "code page information"
that also features a dynamically settable "Bytes per Character
information" and hence does support 1, 2 and 4 "Bytes per Character".
(e.g. UTF-8, UTF-16, and UTF-32).
You should have noticed that there exists no String or Char type, that
would allow for arbitrary bytes/char counts (see my other answer for
details).
The difference to Delphi currently is that for FPC
String=AnsiString(CP_ACP) and for Delphi String=UnicodeString (aka
2-Byte string).
I understand that you mean (e.g.) Delphi XE. But what version of FPC is
"currently". Am I wrong assuming that in the svn we do have the
"NewStrings" library that supports dynamical code-page *and*
byte-per-character settings and hence supports e.g. CP1251, UTF-8,
UTF-16, and UTF-32 ?
The byte-per-character field is read-only, just like for any dynamic array.
So I seem to understand the meaning of
String(CP1252), String(CP_UTF8), and String(CP_UTF16) (which seems do be
the Delphi notation), but I seemingly don't get the exact meaning of
"AnsiString(CP_ACP)" or "AnsiString(CP1251)"
The Delphi notation is the same, e.g. AnsiString(CP_ACP).
In the end, what the definition of "String" without brackets is, might
be due to a settable compiler option and/or the OS the compiler is set
to create code for.
Right, the *generic* String type can be mapped to either ShortString,
AnsiString(0) or UnicodeString, depending on compiler versions and
switches. A raw guess can be derived from sizeof(Char).
DoDi
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