Re: Unicode in Delphi/VCL (yet again)

Do not make that assumption.

As I've pointed out to the folks who hacked up VB in this regard (and you
can quote me on this) "A new type of data requires a new data type.".
Seemed simple enough to me. Not that they listened.

I can say, without even digging under the hood here, that the real decision
is whether it's worth doing that. Screwing up an existing data type has, in
every case, proved to be the wrong move.

Dan


"ozbear" <ozbear@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:430d0e8a.53019906@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On 24 Aug 2005 10:14:38 -0700, "Nick Hodges [TeamB]"
> <nickhodges@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Danny Thorpe wrote:
>>
>>> Unicode VCL sounds like such a simple, little thread... until you
>>> start pulling on it.
>>
>>... thus proving once again that nothing is as simple as the average
>>non-tech poster thinks. ;-)
>>
>
> Actually whatit proves is that Delphi has painted itself into a
> corner as far as its various flavours of string types and their
> internal handling is concerned.
>
> Oz
> --
> A: Because it fouls the order in which people normally read text.
> Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?
> A: Top-posting.
> Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail?


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