std.string.inPattern()

[Oskar Linde]

davidl wrote:
> 在 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 20:07:53 +0800，Alexander Panek 
> <alexander.panek at brainsware.org> 写道:
> 
>> On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 10:22:48 +0100
>> "Janice Caron" <caron800 at googlemail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I noticed in the docs that the pattern parameter to inPattern is
>>> specified as an array of chars, not an array of dchars.
>>>
>>> I realise that one can easily be converted to the other, but it leaves
>>> me wondering ... does inPattern() work with non-ASCII characters?
>>
>> char[] is not ASCII, but UTF-8, so any UTF-8 sequence (may it be
>> multibyte, or not) is valid, I suppose. (I don't know how inPattern
>> works, though, so I can't answer the original question - just wanted
>> to clarify this.)
>>
> 
> I think char[] is just an array of char. Just some stdlib APIs treat it 
> as it's UTF8 encoded.

char[] is UTF8 by specification, see 
http://www.digitalmars.com/d/type.html. String constants are also 
UTF8/16/32, and putting non-utf data into them will not compile. So it 
is a bit more than convention.

To answer the original question: Yes, inPattern works with non-ASCII 
characters.


-- 
Oskar