[fpc-devel] simple UTF tests

[Hans-Peter Diettrich]

Michael Schnell schrieb:
> On 01/09/2012 10:32 AM, Marco van de Voort wrote:
>> An ansistring is always 8-bit. 
> Sorry I can't follow here.
> 
> Of course the term "ANSI" suggests 8 bit, but it also suggest one 
> visible character = 8 bit, thus non UTF.

ANSI also covers MBCS (DBCS).

> If a type called "ANSI..." is used to hold UTF codes, the term ANSI is 
> abused anyway and now the handling of the type can be defined in any way 
> that seems appropriate,

For legacy reasons "Ansi" means types with 8 bit AnsiChar(!), in 
contrast to WideChar or other Char sizes.

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