On Wed, May 3, 2017 at 9:37 AM, Mattias Gaertner via Lazarus <lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org> wrote: >> Hmmm... why does FPC not understand the BOM? > > It does. And so does Delphi. But with and without BOM have different > meanings. > > >> > You are right, that using Unicode with Lazarus only needs a couple of >> > rules to follow. Sharing code with Delphi adds a few more rules. >> >> One valid choice is to edit in Lazarus and copy to Delphi only to be >> built. I understood Marcos Douglas planned something like that. >> If code really must be edited in both, how to solve it? > > That's what I tried to explain to Marcos and what you described as > "That must be very confusing." > > >> This was another complication I did not think about. :( >> >> About the couple of rules to follow, I had these in mind: >> 1. Normally use type "String". >> 2. Assign a constant always to a type String variable. >> 3. Use type UnicodeString explicitly for API calls that need it. > > 4. When sharing code with Delphi use BOM or use only ASCII constants. > You can choose for each unit. Either way load texts using > resourcestring or similar techniques. > > 5. What about Char and aString[]? > 6. What about PChar?
I got it. Best regards, Marcos Douglas -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus-ide.org http://lists.lazarus-ide.org/listinfo/lazarus
