[fpc-devel] utf-8 package in Free Pascal

[Marco van de Voort]

In our previous episode, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho said:
> I would like to add a new package to Free Pascal into the directory
> packages/fputf8 which will provide classes and routines for UTF-8
> applications. It might grow to include things like:
> 
> * full unicode tables and conversion routines
> * Equivalents of RTL classes which are not adequate for UTF-8
> applications and/or will still not be in the wide RTL like TFileStream
> and TStringList
> * Equivalents of RTL routines with UTF-8 parameters
> 
> Just announcing to check if there is opposition to Free Pascal
> distributing such a package.

I don't see the point of this.  These things are related to Lazarus UTF8
decision and thus logically belong in Lazarus, till they are superceded in
2.8 by proper unicode support.