On Wed, Dec 25, 2013 at 08:10:36PM -0600, Craig Peterson wrote: > > Wonder no more: > 1) "string" uses a Unicode encoding > 2) AnsiString/UTF8String casts perform appropriate conversions > 3) File APIs support Unicode filenames > 4) Windows headers use W version by default. > 5) LCL and RTL agree on string encoding > 6) In a stable Lazarus and FPC release > > As long as the language and libraries agree on an encoding I don't really > care whether it's UTF-8 or UTF-16. I've also been working with Unicode > since 2001 though, and have had to deal with plenty of different > encodings, file formats, and API conversions in that time, so I don't > think our usage is indicative of the average Delphi programmer, and I > wouldn't want to speak for anyone else.
(short status update) Most of 1-4 is done on trunk, except (4) is not default and (3) might not be enitrely complete. Anything OO is not done (like tprocess). -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
