On Friday 26 September 2008 11.51:14 Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 11:46 AM, Martin Schreiber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > It seems you prefer utf-8 over utf-16 for internal string encoding in a > > GUI framework. Why? > > I prefer utf-16 over utf-8 for MSEide+MSEgui because *all* current users > > (including the Chinese) can use simple string index to access the > > characters of their used languages and almost nobody can use string index > > to access characters in utf-8. > > In my years of experience, string index access is not a requirement. > In the last four years working on our current project I have still not > had a need for string index access. It's a overrated statement as far > as I'm concerned. > > UTF8CharAtByte() or UTF8Copy() if needed is fine for me. And if you > are parsing a string, it happens sequentially anyway, so it's very > easy to track characters in a utf8 string. > Hmm, you should ask the Russian users for example if they prefer MSEgui utf-16 internal encoding or Lazarus utf-8.
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