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| From | Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c++ |
| Subject | Re: UTF-8 and strings |
| Date | 2011-06-08 18:11 +0900 |
| Organization | NEC Electronics |
| Message-ID | <buo8vtc8z6y.fsf@dhlpc061.dev.necel.com> (permalink) |
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Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> writes: >> Exactly. utf-16 offers no simplicity advantage over utf-8, and suffers >> from some significant disadvantages. > > I wouldn't say that. That's very a very Europe-centric view. UTF-16 > results in smaller memory footprints for a variety of Asian scripts > compared to UTF-8. That's why I said "no simplicity advantage" instead of "no advantage"... :] In practice I don't think the space savings are worth the pain for most apps, even if dealing with lots of CJK or something. -Miles -- Liberty, n. One of imagination's most precious possessions.
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UTF-8 and strings "John M. Dlugosz" <uwqejpnp92@snkmail.com> - 2011-06-07 08:08 -0700
Re: UTF-8 and strings Asger-P <junk@asger-p.dk> - 2011-06-07 17:26 +0200
Re: UTF-8 and strings "John M. Dlugosz" <uwqejpnp92@snkmail.com> - 2011-06-08 17:58 -0700
Re: UTF-8 and strings Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-06-08 18:21 -0700
Re: UTF-8 and strings "John M. Dlugosz" <uwqejpnp92@snkmail.com> - 2011-06-09 06:38 -0700
Re: UTF-8 and strings "Balog Pal" <pasa@lib.hu> - 2011-06-07 17:35 +0200
Re: UTF-8 and strings "John M. Dlugosz" <uwqejpnp92@snkmail.com> - 2011-06-08 18:08 -0700
Re: UTF-8 and strings Jeff Flinn <TriumphSprint2000@hotmail.com> - 2011-06-07 12:55 -0400
Re: UTF-8 and strings Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2011-06-07 15:29 -0500
Re: UTF-8 and strings "MikeP" <mp011011@some.org> - 2011-06-08 07:15 -0500
Re: UTF-8 and strings yatremblay@bel1lin202.(none) (Yannick Tremblay) - 2011-06-08 15:45 +0000
Re: UTF-8 and strings "MikeP" <mp011011@some.org> - 2011-06-08 12:58 -0500
Re: UTF-8 and strings yatremblay@bel1lin202.(none) (Yannick Tremblay) - 2011-06-09 09:18 +0000
Re: UTF-8 and strings "MikeP" <mp011011@some.org> - 2011-06-09 07:36 -0500
Re: UTF-8 and strings "John M. Dlugosz" <uwqejpnp92@snkmail.com> - 2011-06-10 13:18 -0700
Re: UTF-8 and strings Ruben Safir <mrbrklyn@panix.com> - 2011-06-11 00:29 +0000
Re: UTF-8 and strings "John M. Dlugosz" <uwqejpnp92@snkmail.com> - 2011-06-10 12:58 -0700
Re: UTF-8 and strings diamondback <christopher.rau@gmail.com> - 2011-06-07 10:57 -0700
Re: UTF-8 and strings Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-06-08 06:38 +0000
Re: UTF-8 and strings Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-06-07 13:30 -0700
Re: UTF-8 and strings Jorgen Grahn <grahn+nntp@snipabacken.se> - 2011-06-08 06:52 +0000
Re: UTF-8 and strings Marc <marc.glisse@gmail.com> - 2011-06-08 08:38 +0000
Re: UTF-8 and strings Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> - 2011-06-08 18:02 +0900
Re: UTF-8 and strings Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-06-08 02:05 -0700
Re: UTF-8 and strings Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> - 2011-06-08 18:11 +0900
Re: UTF-8 and strings "MikeP" <mp011011@some.org> - 2011-06-08 07:22 -0500
Re: UTF-8 and strings Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-06-08 02:03 -0700
Re: UTF-8 and strings Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-06-08 02:06 -0700
Re: UTF-8 and strings tm <thomas.mertes@gmx.at> - 2011-06-08 02:59 -0700
Re: UTF-8 and strings "John M. Dlugosz" <uwqejpnp92@snkmail.com> - 2011-06-08 18:20 -0700
Re: UTF-8 and strings Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-06-08 01:56 -0700
Re: UTF-8 and strings "MikeP" <mp011011@some.org> - 2011-06-08 07:19 -0500
Re: UTF-8 and strings "John M. Dlugosz" <uwqejpnp92@snkmail.com> - 2011-06-10 13:12 -0700
Re: UTF-8 and strings "MikeP" <mp011011@some.org> - 2011-06-10 18:34 -0500
Re: UTF-8 and strings Miles Bader <miles@gnu.org> - 2011-06-11 13:12 +0900
Re: UTF-8 and strings "John M. Dlugosz" <uwqejpnp92@snkmail.com> - 2011-06-12 20:52 -0700
Re: UTF-8 and strings ruben safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2011-06-13 03:57 +0000
Re: UTF-8 and strings Asger-P <junk@asger-p.dk> - 2011-06-13 10:51 +0200
Re: UTF-8 and strings Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-06-08 08:01 +0100
Re: UTF-8 and strings Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-06-07 21:35 +0100
Re: UTF-8 and strings Joshua Maurice <joshuamaurice@gmail.com> - 2011-06-08 01:56 -0700
Re: UTF-8 and strings Nobody <nobody@nowhere.com> - 2011-06-09 03:22 +0100
Re: UTF-8 and strings yatremblay@bel1lin202.(none) (Yannick Tremblay) - 2011-06-08 15:55 +0000
Re: UTF-8 and strings "John M. Dlugosz" <uwqejpnp92@snkmail.com> - 2011-06-08 17:55 -0700
Re: UTF-8 and strings yatremblay@bel1lin202.(none) (Yannick Tremblay) - 2011-06-09 10:02 +0000
Re: UTF-8 and strings "MikeP" <mp011011@some.org> - 2011-06-09 08:41 -0500
Re: UTF-8 and strings "John M. Dlugosz" <uwqejpnp92@snkmail.com> - 2011-06-12 20:57 -0700
Re: UTF-8 and strings ruben safir <ruben@mrbrklyn.com> - 2011-06-13 04:46 +0000
Re: UTF-8 and strings Asger-P <junk@asger-p.dk> - 2011-06-13 11:58 +0200
Re: UTF-8 and strings "John M. Dlugosz" <uwqejpnp92@snkmail.com> - 2011-06-09 06:52 -0700
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