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Re: Using libunistring for string comparisons et al
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Andy Wingo |
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Re: Using libunistring for string comparisons et al |
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Wed, 30 Mar 2011 11:50:27 +0200 |
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On Sat 19 Mar 2011 15:06, Mark H Weaver <address@hidden> writes:
> Let me ask you this: why would you oppose changing the scm_c_ functions
> to use UTF-8 by default? If you're comfortable with ASCII-only names,
> then UTF-8 will work fine for you, since ASCII strings are unchanged in
> UTF-8.
This is true. Well, I think UTF-8 is the Right Thing, but it is
complicated. This discussion reminds me of the luserspace problem from
Worse is Better ;-)
I think I was clinging to ASCII because C is ASCII. No one is clamoring
for "if" in Spanish, much less katakana identifiers. I was thinking
that since we could not reap the benefits, why bother paying the cost.
But you have a good point that that might change in the future; who
knows?
If we do switch to UTF-8 in 2.2, though, then there's no real cost;
there's only benefits. So perhaps we should just stop worrying about
potential costs, and learn to love the benefits (!), and just do the
UTF-8 thing.
I'm still being a little cagey in these replies as I haven't gotten to
the end of the thread yet :)
Andy
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- Re: Using libunistring for string comparisons et al, (continued)
- Re: Using libunistring for string comparisons et al, Andy Wingo, 2011/03/30
- Re: Using libunistring for string comparisons et al, Ludovic Courtès, 2011/03/17
- Re: Using libunistring for string comparisons et al, Andy Wingo, 2011/03/19
- Re: Using libunistring for string comparisons et al, Mark H Weaver, 2011/03/19
- Re: Using libunistring for string comparisons et al, Noah Lavine, 2011/03/19
- Re: Using libunistring for string comparisons et al, Mark H Weaver, 2011/03/19
- Re: Using libunistring for string comparisons et al, Andy Wingo, 2011/03/19
- Re: Using libunistring for string comparisons et al, Mark H Weaver, 2011/03/19
- Re: Using libunistring for string comparisons et al, Mark H Weaver, 2011/03/19
- Re: Using libunistring for string comparisons et al, Ludovic Courtès, 2011/03/20
- Re: Using libunistring for string comparisons et al,
Andy Wingo <=
- Re: Using libunistring for string comparisons et al, Peter Brett, 2011/03/29
- Re: Using libunistring for string comparisons et al, Andy Wingo, 2011/03/29
- Re: Using libunistring for string comparisons et al, Ludovic Courtès, 2011/03/29
- Re: Using libunistring for string comparisons et al, Peter Brett, 2011/03/31
- Re: Using libunistring for string comparisons et al, Ludovic Courtès, 2011/03/31
- Re: Using libunistring for string comparisons et al, Andy Wingo, 2011/03/30
- Re: Using libunistring for string comparisons et al, Alex Shinn, 2011/03/15
Re: Using libunistring for string comparisons et al, Mike Gran, 2011/03/15
Re: Using libunistring for string comparisons et al, Mike Gran, 2011/03/15
Re: Using libunistring for string comparisons et al, Mike Gran, 2011/03/16