Re: Unicode in Delphi/VCL (yet again)

Jason Smith wrote:
>
> The use of Unicode has been successful. There are many reasons to use
> Unicode.
> Deployment on Win32 has been successful.
> Thus I believe the need for Win32 + Unicode is not far from
> genuineness.

I'm talking about a genuine need on a project by project and/or company by
company basis. If the nature of the projects a company does requires this
than that is a legitimate issue. Otherwise not. The majority of applications
in Win32 *do not and will not require* unicode.

>> If .Net is a reasonable alternative to solve the issue, then there
>> is no reason to switch.
>
> Wayne, do u mean no reason NOT to switch?

No, I mean there is no reason to switch from Delphi in this case.

> Delphi Winform might be ok for Unicode. But Delphi VCL .Net still has
> issues for Unicode, e.g. look at dbExpress .Net.

Again that depends on the project that must employ Unicode. VCL.Net can be
used with ADO.Net. I also expect that dbExpress will be fixed for this.

> Win32 + Unicode might make robust Delphi Win32 more perfect.

No argument that it would be nice to have. But the number of cases where it
is really needed versus the cost of developing it *might* not make it
practical for Borland to do.

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