[fpc-devel] new string - question on usage

[Michael Schnell]

On 10/13/2011 02:16 AM, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:
>
> Almost every required conversion can be determined at compile time. 
> The only uncertain case is a result (or other source) of type 
> RawByteString.
>
What should be the point in doing a library supporting Strings with 
dynamically (at run-time) defined encoding (i.e. variables that have a 
"CodePage" and an "ElementSize" in their handling record), when any 
conversion issue can be decided at compile time ?

-Michael