cpstrnew branch (was Re: [fpc-devel] Freepascal 2.4.0rc1 released)

[Tomas Hajny]

On Wed, November 11, 2009 13:56, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
> Tomas Hajny wrote:
>>
>> I'm afraid that your assumption about the number of codepages is
>> incorrect. The MIBENUM value defined in list at
>> http://www.iana.org/assignments/character-sets goes up to 2059 at the
>> moment.
>
> I just double checked. That number is "in theory" only. There are not
> nearly that amount in reality.
>
> For example: Below the numbers jump from 119 to 1000, then from 1020 to
> 2000. So there are HUGE gaps in that theoretical range.

Yes, indeed - see my second e-mail. Still, the number makes a difference.

Tomas