On 2021-05-26 08:34:28 +1000, Chris Angelico wrote: > Yes, any given string has a single width, which makes indexing fast. > The memory cost you're describing can happen, but apart from a BOM > widening an otherwise-ASCII string to 16-bit, there aren't many cases > where you'll get a single wide character in a narrow string.
A single emoji in a long English text.
> Usually, if there are any wide characters, there'll be a good number
> of them
Oh, right. People who use emoji usually use a lot of them 😉.
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