Re: utf-16 and glib

[Behdad Esfahbod <behdad behdad org>]

Martin (OPENGeoMap) wrote:
> hummm.
> Example:
> If we have for example a DWG binary file we have for example 15000 utf16
> strings. If i use glib i need make 15000 translations utf16/utf8 to use
> the utf8 glib api.  When i need save the file i need make other 15000
> translations. There are thounsand of formats using utf16. I don´t love
> utf16, but I "MUST" use utf16 in the real world. I am not the guilty of
> existence of utf16 :'( .

Your examples fails to show that the conversion takes any considerable time
compared to other stuff you are doing (for example, I/O is orders of magnitude
slower).

behdad