From: Austin Ziegler <halostatue@...>
Date: 2006-06-15T00:09:17+09:00
Subject: Re: A plan for another unicode string hack

On 6/14/06, ts <decoux@moulon.inra.fr> wrote:
> >>>>> "A" == Austin Ziegler <halostatue@gmail.com> writes:
> A> #size and #length are synonymous now and should remain so. Add a new
> A> method, like #character_count or something like that.
>
>  Say this to matz :-)

I will. Matz, please see above. ;)

The problem I have with this change is that I know that in my code I
have used #length and #size interchangeably depending on which reads
better in context.

It's not a good, clear, and understandable change. It will *forever*
require looking in ri or other resources to remember which one counts
characters and which one counts bytes.

-austin
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