[Lazarus] Does Lazarus support a complete Unicode Component Library?

[Florian Klaempfl]

> If so, then I wouldn't waist any more of my time on working on the
> cpstrnew branch

FPC still follows the thumb rule (notice the thumb rule): the person who
implements a certain feature, decides. E.g. if somebody comes up with a
working code paged string implementation without breaking existing stuff
too hard, I'am pretty sure it will be added. Of course, somebody else
might pop up and add Delphi like support.

> (which I have been doing quietly on my own). 

Always bad. Release sources early, release sources often ;)

> 
> then why use FPC - just switch to the
> "real" thing [Delphi].

Everybody is free do to so, at least I'am not dogmatic about this as
long as you use some compiled pascal flavour :)