From: Dave Thomas <Dave@...>
Date: 2000-12-17T11:20:43+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:7491] Re: Unicode Issues (was: "A Java Developer's Wish List for Ruby")

"Neil Hodgson" <neilh@scintilla.org> writes:

> Yukihiro Matsumoto:
> 
> > Each string and regex object will be able to have information about
> > its encodings.  Matching, indexing etc. will be based on that
> > information.
> 
>    Are you planning on a string being a sequence of differently encoded
> pieces or will each string use only one encoding? I've worked on software
> that uses embedded markers when switching languages (which avoids problems
> like matching words from different languages which are spelt the same such
> as 'parole' in German and English) and it can be quite messy.

And will we be able to set up syntax tables a la emacs?


Dave