typeof(string.front) should be char

[Ali Çehreli]

On 03/03/2012 01:42 PM, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> On Sat, Mar 03, 2012 at 12:42:53PM -0800, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
> [...]
>> The current solution encourages correct usage (or at least usage which
>> is closer to correct, since it still isn't at the grapheme level)
>> without disallowing more optimized code.
> [...]
>
> Speaking of graphemes, is anyone interested in implementing Unicode
> normalization for D? I looked at the specs briefly, and it seems to be
> something that is straightforward to implement, albeit somewhat tedious.
>
> It would be nice if D string types are normalized (needs slight change
> to string concatenation). Or at least, if there's a guaranteed
> normalized string type for those who care about it.
>
>
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Denis Spir was working on solving that problem but unfortunately we 
haven't heard from him for almost a year now. I think this is his site:

   http://spir.wikidot.com

Ali