The Case Against Autodecode

[Andrei Alexandrescu via Digitalmars-d]

On 06/02/2016 04:47 PM, tsbockman wrote:
> That doesn't sound like much of an endorsement for defaulting to only
> level 1 support to me - "it does not handle more complex languages or
> extensions to the Unicode Standard very well".

Code point/Level 1 support sounds like a sweet spot between 
efficiency/complexity and conviviality. Level 2 is opt-in with 
byGrapheme. -- Andrei