[fpc-devel] What to expect if FPC fully supports unicode?

[Daniël Mantione]

Op Thu, 18 Sep 2008, schreef Graeme Geldenhuys:

> Hi,
>
> How far will Unicode support go in FPC when it is one day implemented?
>     type
>        TMyåClaß = class(TObject)
>        public
>           property Nãàm: unicodestring read ....;
>        end;

Never say never, but the compiler uses shortstrings internally for speed. 
To do that well we would need a shortwidestring type or something with a 
large lookup table for case insensitivity.

Daniël