[fpc-pascal] FPC 3 regression: cannot use TStringList for UTF-8 data any more?

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 2016-04-14 09:16, Michael Schnell wrote:
> For a test I did   result := StringCodePage('äü');

If you as a programmer knows the unit is saved in UTF-8 encoding, then
add {$codepage utf8} to the top of the unit. That tells the compiler how
to interpret string constants in that unit (without the need for any
guessing).


Regards,
  Graeme

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