[fpc-devel] FPC 2.3.1 seems a mixed mess with Unicode support

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

Florian Klaempfl het geskryf:
> 
> Then you shouldn't cry if a release candidate breaks your stuff :)

I'm not crying. I go through this process on every new FPC release. It's
part of my job. :-)


> We can only fix stuff we know about.

And I only know about things (issues) when I get our code ready for a
new release. ;-)

As I said, before I used to stay compatible with "unstable" FPC
releases, but that was just way to much work. Code constantly broke
etc... Now I do this just before a new release, when the "FPC release
candidate" is a lot more stable.


> Fill bug reports if you need and use it.

I'll start filing them - as long as Vincent doesn't get on my case
again. ;-)


>> -----------------------------
>> program test2;
>>
>> {$mode objfpc}{$H+}
>> uses
>>   Classes, SysUtils;
>>
>> var
>>   MyChar: Char;
>>   MyString: UnicodeString;
>> begin
>>   MyString := '世界您好';
>>   MyChar := MyString[1];
>>   writeln(MyChar);
>> end.
>> -----------------------------
> 
> BTW: This is UCS coding style as well ;)

Even worse then! FPC is not Unicode or UCS-2 compatible.


Regards,
  - Graeme -

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