From: Logan Capaldo <logancapaldo@...>
Date: 2006-06-14T23:56:37+09:00
Subject: Re: A plan for another unicode string hack


On Jun 14, 2006, at 10:47 AM, Dae San Hwang wrote:

> The reason I'm differentiating between 'size' and 'length' is  
> because some libraries (like rails) depend on them returning the  
> byte size of the string. Maybe we can establish a customs that  
> 'size' for byte size and 'length' for the number of characters.  
> Same reasoning goes for '[]' and 'slice'.

I like these very much. Although the choice between [] and slice seem  
arbitrary (i.e. you could have swapped their meanings and it would  
have made just as much sense). #size vs. #length is perfect. and #[]  
being a Fixnum when their was no encoding but a character when there  
is is equally brilliant. I salute you sir!