Re: xslt string units

From: Andrew Welch <andrew.j.welch@g...>
To: Vincent De Groote <list.encelade@g...>
Date: Thu, 12 Mar 2009 22:51:53 +0000

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> Does the string functions (string-length, substring, ... ) work with Unicode
> character units, or the implementation code point units ?
> If they count as implementation code point units, does it have a fixed type
> (like utf16) ? Or is it implementation dependant ?

afaiu, utf-16 is still variable length, as some characters are "surrogate pairs", so 2 lots of 16 bits.

Either way, the string functions count characters, not bytes, so you don't have to worry about the underlying encoding.

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References:
- xslt string units
  - From: Vincent De Groote <list.encelade@g...>

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