[fpc-devel] new string - question on usage

[Sven Barth]

Am 11.10.2011 11:35, schrieb Hans-Peter Diettrich:
> Sven Barth schrieb:
>
>> Nevertheless Jonas' statement is correct, because (currently) String =
>> AnsiString and thus they are the same (and both can currently use code
>> pages).
>
> Really? This were absolutely incompatible with Delphi!

This is because - as you might have noticed - the current code is still 
far from a good working condition. So it would be INSANE to change the 
default string type as well in the same go. Also Free Pascal takes its 
legacy heritage much more serious than Delphi. Thus I doubt (personal 
opinion/observation) that the modes Delphi and ObjFPC will change their 
default string type to UnicodeString at all. What I can imagine though 
is that a new mode DelphiUnicode and a new modeswitch Unicodestrings 
will be introduced which do exactly what Delphi 2009 has done: change 
the default string to UnicodeString. But unlike Delphi this will be 
possible on a per unit base. (That the RTL must be ready for something 
like this is a different topic)

Regards,
Sven