Re: [tbnl-devel] UTF-8 problems -- patch

On Thu, 28 Jul 2005 22:03:56 +0400, Ivan Shvedunov ivan4th@gmail.com wrote:

Well, I hope that (coerce bytes '(vector (unsigned-byte 8))) in bytes-to-string doesn't add much overhead when bytes are already '(vector (unsigned-byte 8)),

Me too... :)

but it allows one to pass just a vector of numbers there without making Lisp complain about it.

OK.

...

I'd prefer if they were called "bytes" and not "octets" because a byte doesn't necessarily have 8 bits.

? They _are_ called "bytes"...

I meant: I'd prefer if they were called "octets" and not "bytes," sorry.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte

I'll try to build a more elaborate patch, but probably this will happen no earlier than next week.

Thanks!

Cheers, Edi.