#1120: UTF8-Bytestring Pango interface.
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Reporter: guest | Owner: axel
Type: enhancement | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone:
Component: Pango bindings | Version: 0.9.12
Resolution: | Keywords:
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Comment (by axel):
Duncan,
it sounds as if you are suggesting an additional interface that re-
implements every existing Pango function using a PackedString such that
the UTF8 <-> Unicode conversion is still done by our Pango binding. If
you'd actually use ByteString where every element presumably occupies 8
bits, how would you store Unicode characters in it?
What JPB suggests is an interface using raw UTF8 strings that avoids the
overhead of our Pango interface. I guess he would use some packed
representation such as ByteString, but I'm not sure.
I don't have a problem adding both interfaces. However, to ensure that
"normal" people are not confused, could we have these additional APIs in
Pango.PackedString.* and Pango.ByteString.* or similar?
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Ticket URL: <http://hackage.haskell.org/trac/gtk2hs/ticket/1120#comment:5>
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