Graeme Geldenhuys schrieb: > A simple function like: > function CompareText(const S1: UnicodeString; > const S2: UnicodeString): integer; > should be able to work with any UnicodeString parameters (including > alias types that have different encoding bits set). So it should work > fine for your UTF-8 text, and somebody else's UTF-16 etc. text.
Do you mean that the compiler should convert the strings as needed in the background (as between different integer types and/or floats) so that you can call ListBox1.Items.Add(x) with x beeing UTF8string or UTF16string or...? I am not sure whether this is a good idea because the programmer no longer knows how many conversions take place and therefore cannot judge the performance impact anymore. On the other hand it would make the life easier for beginners.
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