[SG16-Unicode] It’s Time to Stop Adding New Features for Non-Unicode Execution Encodings in C++

Tom Honermann tom at honermann.net
Sat Apr 27 14:13:15 CEST 2019


On 4/27/19 6:28 AM, Henri Sivonen wrote:
> I'm happy to see that so far there has not been opposition to the core
> point on my write-up: Not adding new features for non-UTF execution
> encodings. With that, let's talk about the details.

I see no need to take a strong stance against adding such new features.  
If there is consensus that a feature is useful (at least to some subset 
of users), implementors are not opposed, and the feature won't 
complicate further language evolution, then I see no reason to be 
opposed to it.  There are, and will be for a long time to come, programs 
that do not require Unicode and that need to operate in non-Unicode 
environments.  We don't need to make them a priority, but we don't need 
to stand in their way either.

Tom.



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