On Wed, Apr 18, 2001 at 04:19:38PM +0200, Lars Gullik Bj?nnes wrote:
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> John Levon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> | I thought the point of UTF-8 was that ASCII could be stored in 7-bit
> | values ?
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> yes, but we do not really want to use utf-8 internally.
Hmm... although it would save memory for those of us working primarily
with langauges that only use Latin-1 ASCII, it does make rendering
trickier. You'd basically have to convert from utf-8 to full Unicode
on-the-fly, as you displayed.
So, it seems that we're stuck with char (you're using a single
language, one that only needs Latin-1 ASCII) or wchar_t. Any way to
select one type or the other at run time? ;) Didn't think so...
Now, when it comes to *file* *format*, we could certainly support
utf-8 (as well as utf-16 or full UC3).
--
John Weiss
"Not through coercion. Not by force. But by compassion. By
affection. And, a small fish." -His Holiness, the 14th Dalai Lama
