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

[michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be]

On Mon, 3 Oct 2011, Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 3, 2011 at 11:41 AM,  <michael.vancanneyt at wisa.be> wrote:
>> Please do not include this package yet.
>
> I'd rather find a consensus on this now then to postpone yet again. I
> have patches to merge about this and I have some time now which is
> something which can disappear at any moment.

This is in fact a reason not to include it in fpc. You commit some
quick-and-dirty stuff, and then it's forgotton, or abandoned.

So: rather not.

>
>> So I suggest you wait till the dust settles around the new string type, and
>> then check
>> a) what is still needed. Maybe we will have solved it for you.
>
> I am 100% sure that it will not solve my problems.
>
>> b) whether it should not be put in the RTL instead of a separate package.
>
> Wasn't this rejected a short while ago?

Not to my knowledge.

First wait till the dust settles. You can always park your routines in
lazarus CCR in the meantime.

Michael.