[Lazarus] dynamic string proposal

[Michael Schnell]

On 16.08.2017 14:30, Martin Frb via Lazarus wrote:
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> And that would still not be "char", but "codepoint"
>
> A char can be composed of several combining code points (each of them 
> afaik, in the 32 bit range).
> So a char can have 96 or more bits. (And not all of them have a 
> combined form).
Unfortunately in Delphi and FPC the appropriate work-alike existing type 
is called Char (with certain extensions). It would cause major problems 
to drop that name for something else, even if that would be appropriate.

-Michael