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

[Micha Nelissen]

Marco van de Voort wrote:
> In our previous episode, Micha Nelissen said:
>> Graeme Geldenhuys wrote:
>>>   MyString := '????';
>>>   MyChar := MyString[1];
>>>   writeln(MyChar);
>>> end.
>> Extracting a Char from a UnicodeString? What's that supposed to do?
> 
> CHAR is a 16-bit wchar in D2009.  Simularly, pchar is a pointer to a 16-bits
> char. (pansichar being the 1-byte one).

And if MyChar is declared as a WideChar? Then it does work? Isn't it 
like assigning a LongInt to an Integer? It might be cut, screwed or stay 
the same (depending on sizeof(Integer)).

Micha