On 06/13/2013 11:51 AM, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
The problem is not in the compiler. The problem is that IF your code
assumes that WideString=UnicodeString
then you will need to differentiate the 2 cases.
I suppose you are correct. But if I understand correctly what my Delphi
addicted colleagues state: Delphi-User use just "String" as their string
type, as they never learned to be careful about the code. Delphi is
assumed to be Windows only, and thus if a Unicode version of Delphi is
used (i.e. "UNICODE" is set) "String" is Unicode with UTF16 coding and
for non-Unicode Delphi (i.e. "UNICODE" is not set) "String" is 8 bit
ANSI code in the local language variant. If anybody uses "Widestring"
(not ref-counted in Delphi AFAIR) he should know what he does.
This is what Lazarus / fpc should not break (of course no problem to
have the user select an appropriate mode in the project setting).
-Michael
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