[Haskell-cafe] Re: String vs ByteString

[Ivan Lazar Miljenovic]

Tako Schotanus <tako at codejive.org> writes:

> On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:54, Ivan Lazar Miljenovic <
> ivan.miljenovic at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Tom Harper <rtomharper at gmail.com> writes:
>>
>> > 2010/8/17 Bulat Ziganshin <bulat.ziganshin at gmail.com>:
>> >> Hello Tom,
>> >
>> > <snip>
>> >
>> >> i don't understand what you mean. are you support all 2^20 codepoints
>> >> in Data.Text package?
>> >
>> > Bulat,
>> >
>> > Yes, its internal representation is UTF-16, which is capable of
>> > encoding *any* valid Unicode codepoint.
>>
>> Just like Char is capable of encoding any valid Unicode codepoint.
>>
>>
> Unless a Char in Haskell is 32 bits (or at least more than 16 bits) it con
> NOT encode all Unicode points.

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