On 15.08.2017 11:25, Michael Van Canneyt via Lazarus wrote:
WideString/UnicodeString for those that want 2-byte characters.
A codepage-aware single-byte string for those that want 1-byte
characters.
The shortstring is even still available.
IM (often stated) O, this does not help as long as TStrings does not
without forced auto-conversion support the string type the user is
inclined to choose.
This obviously requires an (additional) fully dynamic string brand.
This (again obviously) is not the "Embarcadero way", but supposedly does
not necessarily lead to incompatibility regarding the user code.
-Michael
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