description function byteArrayToUtf8String

[Anonymous]

hi,

in the manual is a description of the function

Converts a byte array which contains utf8 characters into an utf8 string (QString).

it would be better to write:

Converts a byte array which contains utf8 characters into an Unicode string (QString).

i'm not a programmer and I was surprised why it's not utf-8.

[Stefan Zieker]

Hi,

this would not be correct. Because Unicode is not just utf-8. utf-32 for example is also Unicode. But I could write: Converts a byte array which contains utf8 (Unicode) characters into an utf8 (Unicode) string (QString).
What do you think?

And thx for your thoughts/ your comment. I'm always trying to improve the documentation.

Regards
Stefan

[Anonymous]

Yes you are right, sorry.

I think the function is return utf-16 format.

[Stefan Zieker]

Hi,

I'm calling QString::fromUtf8 internally. In other words byteArrayToUtf8String retruns a QString. The name of this function should better be utf8ByteArrayToString. Maybe I rename this function in a future release (but keep it internally for compabillity with older scripts).

I had a look in the Qt documentation. QString stores strings in utf-16 format internally. All script strings in ScriptCommunicator are stored as QString strings.

[Anonymous]

thank you for the explanation. would it be possible to create a new function (StringToUtf8byteArray?) which would create utf-8 from Qstring (utf-16 internally)?

[Stefan Zieker]

This would be no problem. I could create a prerelease. Which plattform do you use (Windows ...)?

[Anonymous]

yes, the 'awesome' windows platform. Thank you.

[Stefan Zieker]

I have uploaded a prerelease under Files/Test.
The new function is called conv.stringToUtf8Array.

Regards,
Stefan

[Anonymous]

function works perfectly. test Pangram sentences in my language have passed correctly. curl, servers and me are happy.

thank you once again

[Stefan Zieker]

my pleasure

[Stefan Zieker]

Hi,

I have released a new version of ScriptCommunicator (5.10) which includes this new feature.