[Lazarus] TStringList.LoadFromFile encoding parameter

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Tue, 12 Jul 2016 09:35:34 +0200
Michael Schnell <mschnell at lumino.de> wrote:

> On 07/11/2016 06:37 PM, Bart wrote:
> > Good luck trying to open a file with e.g chinese characters in the 
> > filename then on your German machine.  
> I don't see any use for something like  this with any of my current and 
> planned applications.

Lucky you.

 
> Of course, if a programmer intends to allow for such, he should be free 
> to activate Unicode and live with the complexity (or switch to Delphi 
> and live with some different complexity).

Complexity is supporting Unicode, which can be switched off.

Mattias