On 16/08/2017 13:48, Michael Schnell wrote:
On 16.08.2017 14:30, Martin Frb via Lazarus wrote:
And that would still not be "char", but "codepoint"
A char can be composed of several combining code points (each of them
afaik, in the 32 bit range).
So a char can have 96 or more bits. (And not all of them have a
combined form).
Unfortunately in Delphi and FPC the appropriate work-alike existing
type is called Char (with certain extensions). It would cause major
problems to drop that name for something else, even if that would be
appropriate.
I agree. "char" actually is a "code unit".
But renaming it, would probably be as good as killing the language.
and anyone can do
type codeunit=char;
and use this.
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