Re: [wxperl-users] wxInputStream and multibyte character sets

[Mark D. <mar...@zn...>]

Mattia Barbon wrote:
>   I do not agree with what you write above (note: I am not saying the current implementation is correct!)
> what I think readline should do is work with bytes: 
> 
>  read a char from the stream
>  add it to a charbuffer
>  if char == '\n' {
>      return the buffer as a byte string, without performing any conversion
>  }
> 
>   I believe that automatically interpreting program output based upon
> wxWidgets ideas (which usually means using the current locale) will cause
> trouble.  Returning bytes leaves the interpretation to the calling program
> which is always a safe choice.

I think you are right. Bytes makes much more sense.

Regards

Mark