On 2008-11-23 15:10, Marco van de Voort wrote:
In our previous episode, listmember said:
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I'd like to know this, in particular, for FPC ana Lazarus --to begin with.
And, the reason I'd like to know this is this: Whenever I suggest that
char size be increased to 4, the idea gets opposed on the grouds that it
will need huge memory --4 times as much.
That's not the only reason:
- more memory also means slower copy.
True. But, being multiples of 4-bytes, may compenmsate for it. Don't
quote me on this though.
- Most OSes seem to use uTF-8 and UTF-16, with -32 you would an island, and
the avg text editors might not be able to read what you write
The answer to that is this:
1) When inputting/outputting text to/from file or the OS, you use UTF-8
(or whatever is native/required).
2) You do not make UTF-32 mandatory. But, it should be there for those
(and those cases) that need it.
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