On 09/14/2011 05:02 PM, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote:

But let's not forget the user!

Many users still want simple string handling, with direct mapping between logical and physical chars (SBCS).

This is why new Delphi versions provide "New Strings" that know about thee coding their content is done in and do automatic conversion when necessary.

I was told this does help in many situations but produces confusion and incompatibilities in others.

The FPC "cpstrnew" implementation seems to be stalled right now.

-Michael
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