The Case Against Autodecode

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 05/31/2016 04:55 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 05/31/2016 03:32 PM, H. S. Teoh via Digitalmars-d wrote:
>> Let's put the question this way. Given the following string, what do
>> *you*  think walkLength should return?
>>
>>     şŭt̥ḛ́k̠
>
> The number of code units in the string. That's the contract promised and
> honored by Phobos. -- Andrei

Code points I mean. -- Andrei