On Wed, Mar 16, 2011 at 12:46 AM, Mark H Weaver <m...@netris.org> wrote: > Alex Shinn <alexsh...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Sun, Mar 13, 2011 at 1:05 PM, Mark H Weaver <m...@netris.org> wrote: >>> I just realized that it is possible to implement O(1) accessors for >>> UTF-8 backed strings. >> >> It's possible with several approaches, but not necessarily worth it: >> >> http://trac.sacrideo.us/wg/wiki/StringRepresentations > > Alex, can you please clarify your position? I fear that readers of your > message might assume that you are against my proposal to store strings > internally in UTF-8. Having read the text that you referenced above, I > suspect that you are in favor of using UTF-8 with O(n) string accessors.
I didn't intend to make a recommendation either way, just point to a useful resource where people have collected ideas and data on the topic so you could make an informed decision. You are correct that I personally prefer simple UTF-8 with O(n) string accessors, which is why the Unicode support I added for Chicken does this, as does my own chibi-scheme. But the best string representation depends on your use cases. -- Alex
