Hello, > The primary difference between Ansi and Unicode under Mono is that Ansi > uses a char* while Unicode is an "unsigned short*" -- that is, 8-bit vs. > 16-bit character strings. The actual string encoding has nothing to do > with it (though unfortunately Microsoft chose Ansi to mean "local code > page", unnecessarily tying the two concepts). For example, Ansi could > be codepage 1252, 1256, or UTF-8 encoding, while Unicode could use > either the UCS-2 or UTF-16 encodings, which are (subtly) different. > > Further confusing things, Mono chooses not pay attention to the code > page at all, and assumes that all Ansi strings are in UTF-8, period.
The good news: In the upcoming ECMA specification, we are going to get two new encodings. The bad news: the bits are "implementation specific" and wont be guaranteed to work compatibly across platforms. Miguel. _______________________________________________ Mono-list maillist - [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.ximian.com/mailman/listinfo/mono-list
