[fpc-pascal] Re: Strings - suggestions

[Reinier Olislagers]

On 22-12-2012 17:50, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
> 
> 
> On Sat, 22 Dec 2012, Reinier Olislagers wrote:
> 
>> On 22-12-2012 12:55, Michael Van Canneyt wrote:
>>> On Sat, 22 Dec 2012, dev.dliw-Re5JQEeQqe8AvxtiuMwx3w at public.gmane.org
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> concerning the string topic, for me (using fpc since 2.0.4 on a
>>>> regular basis;
>>>> TP experience ~ average user) there really should be an decision what
>>>> way to
>>>> go as early as possible.
>>>
>>> - We'll implement the capacity to have a code-page aware string type, as
>>> Delphi has.
>>>   (well, it is there already).
>>>
>>> - The {$H } directive will be extended so you can choose which string
>>> type you need per unit.
>>>   (ansi/wide/utf16/utf8...)
>>>   This is different from Delphi, where you don't have this choice:
>>> String=Widestring.
>> So how would the patch in e.g.
>> http://bugs.freepascal.org/view.php?id=22095
>> fit in?
>> That uses widestrings to support non-ASCII characters for ODBC and
>> should be in the fcl-db.
>> I suppose chosing any string type that is convenient in various fcl
>> units could lead to a lot of useless conversions.
>> How will this be avoided?
> 
> That remains to be seen.
Thanks, I've updated
http://wiki.lazarus.freepascal.org/FPC_Unicode_support

Reinier