--- On Wed, 3/30/11, Kee Nethery <k...@kagi.com> wrote: > Dave it appears that you are > absolutely correct. The "language" in the uniencode() > function is what you have, not what you want it converted > into. > > I added a note to the uniencode function in the dictionary > to try to make that extra clear. > > In Python, uniencode takes unicode and encodes it into > something else. > In LiveCode, uniencode takes something and encodes it into > unicode (UTF16). > Two functions with the same name that do the exact > opposite. Both uses are justifiable function names depending > upon whether you view the world as normally unicode (Python) > or normally not unicode (LiveCode). > > In my ideal programming language world, there would be no > uniencode or unidecode, there would just be encode and you > would specify the from and the to. Then there would never be > any confusion although you'd probably need a language format > of "any" when you want the parser to figure it out. > > encode <inputText> from <sourceEncoding> to > <destinationEncoding> > > Thanks, > > Kee >
Ideally, all the conversion would take place at the end-points: open file <theFilePath> for text read with encoding <theEncoding> open file <theFilePath> for text write with encoding <theEncoding> put <theVariable> into URL <theUrl> with encoding <theEncoding> put URL <theUrl> into <theVariable> with encoding <theEncoding> Internally, the engine would handle everything in UTF-16, or whatever is most appropriate and efficient; but reading and writing data to and from files, databases, etc. in another encoding should be as transparent as possible. Just my 2 cents, Jan Schenkel. ===== Quartam Reports & PDF Library for LiveCode www.quartam.com ===== "As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time." (La Rochefoucauld) _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
