[fpc-devel] FPC 2.3.1 seems a mixed mess with Unicode support

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

Jonas Maebe het geskryf:
> 
> That's because you did not specify the code page of the source code,  
> in which case it's parsed as CP 8859-1.

Even though my Linux system defaults to UTF-8? Umm


> Add {$codepage utf-8} or save  

Adding that with test3.pas and then it works.

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$ ./test4
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Why doesn't the widestring manager default to the system defaults of my
platform: UTF-8?  Sorry if this sounds dumb, but I never use WideString.
I use String with UTF-8 encoded content - similar to Lazarus IDE.


Regards,
  - Graeme -

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