On Thu, 24 May 2007 22:48:05 +0200
Marc Weustink <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Mattias Gaertner wrote:
> > On Thu, 24 May 2007 12:40:39 +0200
> > "Felipe Monteiro de Carvalho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> TUTF8Char is declared as:
> >>
> >> TUTF8Char = string[8];
> >>
> >> Why not string[4]? Shouldn't all utf8 chars fit in 4 bytes?
> >>
> >> Just curious, I saw this while implementing fpgui utf-8 char
> >> reception system and thougth if I need this or not...
> >
> > At the point it was not sure, if 4byte is really enough, because
> > some RFC talk about 6 bytes and some about combined chars.
> > IMO 4 bytes are enough and for combined chars we should define a
> > another type (string).
>
> But is is still a char in the end ?
>
> IIRC, you cannot tell in advance that one char in UTF8 is a composite
> char. It will fit in 8 bytes.
Can you give an example?
Mattias
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