On 5/19/07, Daniël Mantione <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I think a utf8 unit would be usefull.
Glad you agree. I searched through the mailing list and found quite a few people that required such function and implemented their own. So yes, why don't we include a new unit with those functions for everybody to use. The Lazarus project (LCLProc unit) has been tried and tested for ages. We can create a new unit based on the functions in there - just remove any LCL specific functions. Seeing that the LCLProc unit has been in use for ages in Lazarus, any chance that we can get such a unit fast-tracked and included in trunk and fixes_2_2 branch? Ready for the next release. It shouldn't interfere with any existing applications, because it will be a new and separate unit. It's also been well tested in Lazarus. So what name could we give such a unit. unicodeutils.pas? utfutils.pas?
> The Length function is easy to get around, but the Copy, Pos ,etc > functions are not. Why?
I meant not easy by inline'ing things like your Length example. The UTF8Copy() function requires a bit more coding, that's all. -- Graeme Geldenhuys General error, hit any user to continue. _______________________________________________ fpc-pascal maillist - fpc-pascal@lists.freepascal.org http://lists.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/fpc-pascal
