On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 09:10:42 +0100 "Jürgen Hestermann" <juergen.hesterm...@gmx.de> wrote:
> UTF8Delete probably takes an AnsiString (or String) as var parameter and for > var parameters the static codepages have to match exactly (String has CP_ACP > while Utf8String has CP_UTF8). > > Just please help me understanding this: > The unit LazUTF8 unit is for manipulating UTF8 strings only, correct? Yes. > Is there any reason that all functions are declared with > parameter type STRING instead of UTF8String? Yes, because the FCL uses String. See below. > For what else should I use UTF8delete if not for UTF8strings? For "UTF8 strings". An "UTF8String" and an "UTF8 String" are two different things for the compiler. See below. > And what happens if the string has a different encoding than UTF8? > I doubt that the function will produce any useful result in this case > because it expects UTF8. Yes, invalid for chars above #127. See here: http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/Better_Unicode_Support_in_Lazarus#Why_not_use_UTF8String_in_Lazarus.3F Mattias -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
