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Re: Renaming `ly:wide-char->utf-8`
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Werner LEMBERG |
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Re: Renaming `ly:wide-char->utf-8` |
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Thu, 10 Feb 2022 07:26:33 +0000 (UTC) |
>> Given that LilyPond uses Unicode exclusively I wonder whether we
>> should rename
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>> ly:wide-char->utf-8
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>> to
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>> ly:unicode->utf-8
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>> or something similar. 'Wide character' is too broad a term IMHO, and
>> the function doesn't do any character set conversions.
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> We are more or less close to transitioning to Guile 2 exclusively
> which is going to obviate it anyway.
Obviate what? Will the name of this function change automatically?
Werner