On 28 Mar 2012, at 15:35, Andreas Grosam wrote: > > On Mar 28, 2012, at 3:58 PM, jonat...@mugginsoft.com wrote: >>> >> I presume that you considered CFStringAppendCString(): >> >> void CFStringAppendCString ( >> CFMutableStringRef theString, >> const char *cStr, >> CFStringEncoding encoding >> ); >> > > > Yes, but: > > Can I use any code-unit, even so the function indicates that only "char" is > allowed? What, if I have uint32_t or uint16_t code-unit types? (I guess, I > can use them anyway after a type cast.) The description is not clear about > this, though. The fact that the function supports encoding presumably entails support for non char code-unit types. If not, this is a pretty sterile function.
> > Also, consider that Unicode NULL (U+0000) is a regular character in Unicode - > which conflicts with C strings which shall be zero terminated. A valid point. I don't know how the Unicode NULL is generally used in practice. > > So, strictly, I do NOT have C strings. That was what I suspected. Regards Jonathan Mitchell Mugginsoft LLP _______________________________________________ Cocoa-dev mailing list (Cocoa-dev@lists.apple.com) Please do not post admin requests or moderator comments to the list. Contact the moderators at cocoa-dev-admins(at)lists.apple.com Help/Unsubscribe/Update your Subscription: https://lists.apple.com/mailman/options/cocoa-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com This email sent to arch...@mail-archive.com
