From: gwtmp01@... Date: 2006-06-15T01:24:19+09:00 Subject: Re: A plan for another unicode string hack On Jun 14, 2006, at 12:17 PM, Austin Ziegler wrote: > They should always *either* return characters or bytes (preferably > characters) and a separate call should be introduced for the > alternative meaning. One that is explicit in its name to match its > meaning. +1 Gary Wright