The Case Against Autodecode

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 06/02/2016 04:22 PM, cym13 wrote:
>
> A:“We should decode to code points”
> B:“No, decoding to code points is a stupid idea.”
> A:“No it's not!”
> B:“Can you show a concrete example where it does something useful?”
> A:“Sure, look at that!”
> B:“This isn't working at all, look at all those counter-examples!”
> A:“It may not work for your examples but look how easy it is to
>     find code points!”

With autodecoding all of std.algorithm operates correctly on code 
points. Without it all it does for strings is gibberish. -- Andrei