Dan Sugalski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>For length, I'd as soon it returned the number of code points, but glyphs 
>and bytes are also valid return values.

And that may be where it belongs - at the language level
     chars($s) == 120
     bytes($s) == 480
     glyphs($s) == 360
     length($s) is 17.34 femto furlongs on a 24" 1023x767 display in 'Courier'

;-)

-- 
Nick Ing-Simmons

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