[fpc-devel] WideString vs UnicodeString / len in char vs byte / *nix vs windows

[Sven Barth]

Am 25.04.2019 um 15:41 schrieb Martin:
> Looking at https://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=35359
> and the latest comments (see end of mail)
>
> Is it correct, that "widestring" here has 2 meanings?
> - the "widestring" that has length in bytes (windows bstr)
> - "widestring" as a typename / alias
>
> And apparently then on *nix, "widestring" is just an alias (to 
> unicodestring).
> So using the type with the name of "widestring" on *nix will compile 
> to a type that has length in chars?
>
> At least my test app, seems to imply this.
Correct. On non-Windows platforms WideString is always an alias to 
UnicodeString. The distinctive WideString type only exists on Windows 
platforms as it relies on Windows specific functionality.

Regards,
Sven