Thanks. On 27 September 2015 at 12:31, Tim Holy <tim.h...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I think the only advantage of ASCIIString is that str[8:12] is performant, > because you know the byte offset directly from the index. That's not true > for > UTF8String. > > --Tim > > On Sunday, September 27, 2015 11:00:14 AM Daniel Carrera wrote: > > On 27 September 2015 at 10:39, Milan Bouchet-Valat <nalimi...@club.fr> > > > > wrote: > > > Then the default concrete type can be called String or Str, and that's > > > what people will use. Calling the abstract type String was confusing as > > > it could prompt people to write type-unstable fields believing that it > > > was the concrete one. > > > > So... it would be a good idea if I made an alias to a concrete type the > way > > Gabor did? > > > > typealias String UTF8String > > > > > > Is there a reason to use ASCIIString instead of UTF8String? They are both > > concrete types, but UTF8 allows me to include greek characters. > > > > Cheers, > > Daniel. > >
