Re: [Squeak-VMdev] Versiojn 4 changes

[Ned K. <ne...@bi...>]

On Tuesday 06 April 2004 8:40 pm, Yoshiki Ohshima wrote:
> =A0An extreme along this line is that we even don't need Character
> objects; we can make a string with length of 1 behave as if today's
> character. =A0After all, "a character cannot print itself" is the way
> Unicode is designed. =A0So, using Unicode is kind of a synonym of this
> approach. =A0(I wouldn't pursue this extreme in Squeak, though.)
>
> =A0 The other approach is to make a character self-contained thing. =A0It
> knows how to print itself, etc. =A0To make this happen, a Character has
> to carry more than naked code-point and the higher bits in the word is
> where it goes.

But we already have this situation with the existing Characters. They don't=
=20
know their encoding, so any attempt at printing them in an Inspector is ver=
y=20
possibly wrong (unless they're in the default encoding).

How often do you find yourself inspecting individual Characters inside a=20
String?

Even more to the point: how often do you find yourself inspecting Character=
s=20
that aren't inside a String?

After all, a String could provide the required context to inspect its=20
characters.

=2D-=20
Ned Konz
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