On Wed, Feb 16, 2011 at 09:15:44AM +0200, Graeme Geldenhuys wrote: > > of such an target-specific string type? > > Please do share your thoughts... > > I must add, that I would be very surprised if Embarcadero doesn't use > native encoded string types for the "unicode string" support in the > upcoming Delphi under Windows (UTF-16), Linux (UTF-8), Mac (UTF-8) etc.. > I'm not 100% sure about the default Mac encoding, but seeing that it > comes from FreeBSD, I would guess UTF-8 there too.
My guess is that they will use UTF-16 everywhere. Simply because they have it, always focus on keeping stuff running with minimal options instead of choosing the most long term portable solution and QT is also UTF-16 oriented. -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list [email protected] http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
