[gmpi] Re: GMPI req's draft 1 for review.

On Tue, Dec 07, 2004 at 09:50:37AM +1300, Jeff McClintock wrote:
> "All strings in GMPI should be UTF-8 encoded unicode strings."
> 
> UNICODE - yes
> 8 bit?  - Aren't most operating sytems using 16 bit text now?

UTF8 is an encoding that makes the default character be 8 bits.  It is
implicitly compatible with ASCII and existing tools.  To represent
unicaode characters > 255, you use a variable-length encoding.

This gives maximal portability with full unicode support.

Tim

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