[Lazarus] Lazarus (UTF8) and Windows: SysToUTF8, UTF8ToSys... Is there a better solution?

[Marcos Douglas]

On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 9:21 AM, Marco van de Voort <marcov at stack.nl> wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 11:53:38PM -0200, Marcos Douglas wrote:
>> > If you totally drop Delphi compatibility you can do whatever you want. But
>> > IMHO that is more something for the Graeme's and Martin (MSEGUI's) of the
>> > world, not Lazarus.
>>
>> Ok... but if FPC, on Windows, will be UTF-16 and Lazarus continues
>> using UTF-8 what is the difference?
>
> Well, currently, Lazarus has no other choice, since the unicode FPC is not
> ready. (only up to classes level).
>
> This alone means that the current uncertainty will persist at least several
> years.

:(((

>> This approach is not like Delphi. It has the RTL and VCL using the
>> same encode... FPC RTL and LCL will continue "fighting"!  :(
>
> I always considered the UTF8 choice of Lazarus a temporary solution till FPC
> caught up with Delphi.

I think Lazarus team did not think the same.

> The current situation really worries me, since at work I invested in
> FPC/Lazarus in the assumption that compatibility would increase, not
> decrease.

If you are worried, imagine all of us!  ;-)


Marcos Douglas