[fpc-devel] Unicode resource strings

[Graeme Geldenhuys]

On 20/08/12 08:52, Sven Barth wrote:
>
> Just to avoid confusion: The reference counted 2-byte string type on all
> platforms is UnicodeString, not WideString (the latter is not reference
> counted on Windows platforms).

Please correct me if I am wrong, but I think WideString was reference 
counted an all platforms "in the beginning" - like Martin mentioned. 
Later it was changed, and the new UnicodeString become the "reference 
counted on all platforms" type.


> The codepage aware string type was added to 2.7.1, because there already
> existed a branch for this and "just" needed to be merged. There does not
> yet exist any code for Unicode resource strings.

FPC's Unicode support is still in its infancy. It is not just resource 
strings that are missing. As my recent message from the fpc-users 
mailing list shows.

Vital decisions of how Unicode should be implemented are still not 
decided by the FPC team. There is a major problem in the FPC project 
though. The FPC team seems to be dead-locked on how to implement Unicode 
features. Nobody can agree on anything. Thus no work can be started on 
the RTL and FCL.

In the meant time many projects keep implementing there own Unicode 
workarounds. Not a good sign, but all we can do.


So the BIG question remains: When will the FPC team sit down and hash 
out the details of implementing Unicode support? Please note, I'm not 
saying "implement it", just saying... "agree on how it should be 
implemented". If the FPC team stays in a dead-lock, then maybe the 
better option would be to allow the public to vote on it.

Regards,
   - Graeme -

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