[fpc-devel] Russian locale information not compatible with FPC locale variables

["Vinzent Höfler"]

-------- Original-Nachricht --------
> Datum: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 19:48:46 +0700
> Von: Bee <bisma at brawijaya.ac.id>
> An: FPC developers\' list <fpc-devel at lists.freepascal.org>
> Betreff: Re: [fpc-devel] Russian locale information not compatible with FPC	locale variables
>
> > Unicode is another issue. Delphi dictates there design decisions based
> > on Windows only. FPC targets multiple platforms, so we should target
> > our implementations based on OUR requirements.
> 
> +1
> 
> Compatibility is good, no doubt about it. But if it obstacles FPC to 
> have feature(s) that most users need, FPC should put compatibility issue 
> aside and get users need on higher priority. Be the first, be the 
> leader, be a winner. If Delphi then implements it (if ever) in different 
> way, then we can start to discuss about compatibility. It's absurd 
> talking compatibility to something that even doesn't exist!

Well, I second that. Especially because the "Delphi" implementation seems to be so Win32-centric, that copying it would be close to useless on platforms other than Windows. As far as I understand there is no such thing as a "codepage number" on Unices.

I doubt that the FPC team would want such a specific implementation, so despite all arguments, FPC would have to find its own way in either case.


Vinzent.
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