[Lazarus] LazUtils - TProcessUTF8 - UTF8 Parameters issue

[Michael Thompson]

> At some point in time I have thougth about completely re-implementing
> TProcessUTF8 just for that reason but it would mean so much duplicate
> code (which is a nightmare for maintainers).
> And all this would then become obsolete once fpc 2.8 comes around....
> So, I gave up.

By 2am last night I was thinking similar thoughts.  Had a quick bash at
upgrading win\process.inc, reduced my fpc to a molten mess, also gave up :-)

And in your case I don't think giving up is the correct conclusion.
 Waiting patiently may be a better description :-)

I'm satisfied with the current state of affairs.  That is, I understand
it's not my code at fault and I'm happy to hear that plans for 2.8 include
improved unicode awareness, so at this stage I'll just document this as an
issue that users of the mplayer package need to be aware of.  Also, if the
fpc guys are working towards unicode awareness, I'll leave off the
bugreport.

I may have a opportunity for extended coding later in the year, in which
case I may investigate further.  I find tinkering with the various
internals fascinating.  But for now, I'm running out of time...

Many thanks for everyone's time.  Learning curves are always fun, but not
for all parties...

Mike T
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