toString vs. toUtf8

[Lars Ivar Igesund]

Bill Baxter wrote:

> Kris wrote:
>> "Sean Kelly" <sean at f4.ca> wrote in message
>> [snip]
>>>> Don't know if that hurts your eyes less or not, but it seems more
>>>> consistent with Tango's existing naming convention to me than
>>>> toWString, etc.
>>> Yeah I was thinking the same thing.  It's certainly easier for me to
>>> read than the other form.
>> 
>> 
>> Bill: actually, toString, toStringW and toStringD are more consistent
>> with themselves, and with Tango convention. Even toString, toString16 and
>> toString32 are significantly more style-consistent than toWString and
>> toWstring
> 
> How so?
> toString returns a string.
> toInt    returns an int.
> toFloat  returns a float.
> to???    returns a wstring.
> 
> Seems whatever goes in the ??? place should include the letters
> "w-s-t-r-i-n-g" in that order.

Only if you have recognized wstring and dstring as good names for those
aliases <g>

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