[fpc-pascal] Generic String Functions

[Michael Schnell]

On 02/28/2014 03:37 PM, Marco van de Voort wrote:
> Fixing that in Lazarus is easier than implementing your case in the 
> compiler.

Maybe. (Mseide shows how this can be done even without "New Delphi 
Strings").

But in many discussions I learned that the Lazarus team is not at all 
happy with the idea to do a UTF16 LCL (API).

And IMHO a versatile compiler and RTL should be able to handle any 
string encoding type (that is offered to be defined) decently and not 
(like Delphi) to allow for defining a - say - UTF8 or "European 8 Bit 
ANSI" String and not provide the normal RTL functions in a way that 
allows for using it in a fast program.

If multiple string types are available the user programmer should be 
free in choosing any of them according to the task at hand.

-Michael